Mubarak Bala: update on a ‘blasphemer’ in Nigeria
Humanist Mubarak Bala has been imprisoned for blasphemy in Nigeria since April 2020. After nearly two years in detention, he has finally been given dates for his bail hearing and trial.
From the archive: imprisoned for blasphemy
In March 1883, George William Foote, the first editor of the Freethinker, was convicted for blasphemous libel at…
‘The best way to combat bad speech is with good speech’ – interview with Maryam Namazie
Maryam Namazie is the founder of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and a founding member of One…
Bishops in the Lords:
Why are they still there?
Through nearly five hundred years of constitutional change, the Church of England has clung on to its entitlement…
Letter from the Editor
An atheist, so the saying goes, is someone with no invisible means of support. The Freethinker intends to…
Porcus Sapiens
‘The animal I really dig / Above all others is the pig,’ wrote Roald Dahl. The Freethinker cannot…