A victory for freedom of thought! In April 2026, the Italian Ministry of Education and Merit published new ‘Indicazioni Nazionali per i Licei’. Behind this technical document lay a decision of profound significance: the marginalisation, or even the disappearance, from …
Introduction I would like to talk to you about atheism, secularisation, anticlericalism and laïcité in France (2026) The decline of Christianity, the visibility of Islam and the use of laïcité as a civil religion to neutralise opposition First of all, …
Presentation of the Declaration by delegates and observers on Unaccompanied Minors (UAMs) The International Association of Free Thought is regularly invited as an observer to the annual work of the ILO International Labour Conference (organized by the International Labour Office …
Fri, 13th Feb 2026 UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls for reparations for victims and an end to religious exemptions to mandatory reporting The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has endorsed National Secular Society …
An article by Keith Porteous Wood was published on the NSS website https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2026/01/frances-rocky-road-to-the-separation-of-church-and-state Posted: Tue, 6th Jan 2026 by Keith Porteous Wood Despite achieving constitutional separation from the Catholic Church after much bloodshed, the French state is still subservient to …
Friends, Citizens, Comrades, I bring you fraternal greetings from the International Association of Free Thought, reconstituted in Oslo in 2011. This International Free Thought Association has a presence on every continent and is permanently represented at the United Nations International …
It is with great emotion and fighting spirit that we are gathered here this afternoon for this joint meeting. After this morning’s rich debates, organised on the initiative of La Vigie de la Laïcité (The Secularism Watchdog) and hosted by …
Today’s meeting is a major clarification exercise. It reveals the reality of the secular movement: it is a social and democratic movement, deeply committed to individual and collective freedoms and social rights; it is an anti-racist and profoundly international movement …
Dear friends and comrades It is with great pride that I am here today to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the law separating Church and State in France, a law which, fifty years ago, was a beacon of enormous importance …
DECEMBER 2025 As a Francophile, I was surprised and horrified to find through my work on clerical child abuse, largely for the United Nations, irrefutable evidence that the French state is institutionally subservient to the Catholic Church.i Despite the mountain …
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