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In a potentially career threatening move, News Editor Paul Sims gets something off his chest

Turkey is an anomaly. A state founded by an arch secularist, its population is overwhelmingly Muslim, and the behaviour of the conservative ruling party, as well as the recent conviction of a prominent atheists for "insulting Islam", suggests a country drifting toward religious authoritarianism. Anna Vesterinen reports.

In a recent television programme Ann Widdecombe denounced much contemporary comedy as anti-Christian and offensive. Balderdash, says Terri Murray, no ideas should be protected from satire

In Russia, the increasingly close relationship between the state and the Orthodox Church has led to the introduction of a new blasphemy law designed to clamp down on dissidents in the wake of the Pussy Riot scandal. Anna Vesterinen reports

As part of our series tracking the use of blasphemy legislation across the globe, Anna Vesterinen looks at Bangladesh where atheist bloggers are under threat of arrest, or worse, and Islamic extremists are trying to force the government's hand

In the 21st century, laws enabling the persecution of non-believers and religious dissenters are still in widespread use across the globe. As part of its commitment to free speech and religious freedom, the Rationalist Association is launching a new project charting the countries which still have blasphemy laws on their books, who is under threat from them, and what you can do about it. Anna Vesterinen begins with an overview of the problem

As part of our series tracking the use of blasphemy legislation across the globe, Anna Vesterinen looks at Tunisia, where a topless protest by a feminist activist has drawn attention to the country's punitive public decency laws

With David Cameron arguing that Britain needs the Bomb, Paul Sims asks whether it's time for humanists to get political

There is a decades-long tradition of secular heroes battling religion in comic books and graphic novels. Dale DeBakcsy picks out his favourite godless superheroes

The media hounding of Lucy Meadows, the transgender teacher who took her own life in March, was fuelled by a reductive notion of what makes us human, says Tony McKenna

With two landmark cases up before America's highest court, it's a pivotal moment for gay rights. Given the religious affiliations of the majority of Justices, what can we expect? Aaron Rosen and Isaac Rosen report

If humanism wants to grow it needs to reach out beyond the white middle-class, says Carnun Marcus-Page

One year after blasphemy complaints were filed against him, Indian rationalist Sanal Edamaruku remains at risk of imprisonment. We now call on the Indian Prime Minister to intervene in his case