Wednesday 27 October 2021

Urgent Action Requested: Free Soheil Arabi & mother! Defend Mina Ahadi!

 











An Appeal from Maryam Namazie

Your urgent action and solidarity are requested.

SOLIDARITY WITH SOHEIL ARABI AND HIS MOTHER

Over 200 organisations and individuals have called for the release of an Iranian blogger imprisoned for 'blasphemy'. The initiative aims to free atheist Soheil Arabi who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2013.

Since 19 October, Arabi has been on hunger strike and his mother, Farangis Mazloum, has been summoned to serve an 18-month prison sentence for demanding justice for her son. Mazloum says she is extremely concerned about her son's situation and has not heard from him.

Please continue to support Soheil and his mother.

Send a souvenir postcard from your city to Arabi and his mother expressing your support and solidarity. You can post the postcard to BM Box 1919, London WC1N 3XX.

Sign a petition at Change.org calling for his release. It currently has over 100,000 signatures.

Raise awareness using the hashtags #FreeSoheil #SoheilDay #SoheilArabi and #FarangisMazloum...

Find out more about what you can do via the National Secular Society.

IN SOLIDARITY WITH MINA AHADI AND AGAINST ISLAMIST THREATS

Following a 15 October protest against Cologne City Council’s permit to mosques to broadcast the call to prayer or Azaan, Islamists have threatened Mina Ahadi with death. German police believe the threats to be serious and have placed her under police protection.

According to Mina Ahadi: “The fight against the Azaan is a fight against the Islamist movement and a defence of secular spaces. It is not against religious freedom. People have a right to religion but the Azaan, which is intrinsically linked to Islamist suppression in places like Iran, cannot be allowed to occupy the public space.”

Express your solidarity with Mina Ahadi, a leading figure in the ex-Muslim and anti-Islamist movement and strongly condemn the death threats. Urge the German government to take immediate and necessary measures to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators, ensure the safety of critics of Islam and Islamism and end its collaboration with Islamists that place the lives of freethinkers and apostates at risk.

To sign the statement of solidarity, please send your full name, description, country to hello@ex-muslim.org.uk or write it in the comments section. The list of signatories will be added on a daily basis. Deadline for signatories is 31 October.


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