Syria is still not a safe home for religious minorities or apostates from Islam.

Tidigare chefredaktör på AiP kommer med kritik, vd svarar. ”Jag tycker att journalistik i möjligaste mån ska vara så fristående och objektiv som möjligt. Den ska vara konsekvensneutral. Och vi skrev i princip aldrig om något som ifrågasatte S.”

ICYMI: The Trump admin will begin charging foreign tourists a $100 fee to visit the most popular national parks, in an "America First" approach to public lands. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

I mai 2014 reagerte Michelle Obama sterkt på at sunni-ekstremistiske Boko Haram hadde kidnappet 276 skolejenter på en internatskole i Chibok i delstaten Borno i nordøstlige Nigeria. I nov. 2025 har skolejenter blitt bortført fra katolsk skole i Nigeria www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

Four young FoRB champions on the panel last week in Praha bring insights on transnational repression by Communist states and theocratic regimes, they also raise the importance of the work of individual champions in pushing back against transnational repression. Watch and act! [Link 🧵⬇️]

A wonderfully beautiful track by Brooke Fraser: open.spotify.com/track/02BVPh...

For those of you in Prague -- come on over to Café Club Míšenská in Malá Strana next Wednesday evening!

Praha: night and day

"Jag välkomnar mediekritik, det har vi för lite av i Sverige." @etc.se www.etc.se/kommentar/do...

When people equate speech with violence; and excuse violence with marginalisation, we are in a bad place.

Thought-provoking read: www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

"Visste han att jag var stolt. Visste han att jag var rädd. Nu skickar jag rader som säger ingenting. Inget hjärta. Bara ut i världen- som att kasta ett mynt."

"45-year-old farmer Terhemba Lormba farmed rice, maize, cashew nuts and citrus and sat on a stool outside what's left of his home. Eight of his family were killed. 'Most of them were burnt alive,' including three of his children, he said, wiping his eyes with his shirt." www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

"45-year-old farmer Terhemba Lormba farmed rice, maize, cashew nuts and citrus and sat on a stool outside what's left of his home. Eight of his family were killed. 'Most of them were burnt alive,' including three of his children, he said, wiping his eyes with his shirt." www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

'We are being driven from the land' - after a massacre, a Nigerian village buries its dead https://www.npr.org/2025/07/26/nx-s1...

From Maryam Rostampour-Keller - a survivor of persecution by the Islamic Republic of Iran:

#Nigeria: About 200 persons, including children and women, have been reportedly killed in a bloody attack by suspected terrorist herdsmen on Yelewata and Daudu communities in Guma Local Government Area, LGAs, of Benue state. www.vanguardngr.com/2025/06/brea...

@ginitastar.bsky.social 🙏⤵️

We need to talk about @wordkunst.bsky.social's alt texts. Poetry.

#Folkrätt Utrikesutskottet i Sveriges Riksdag saknar analys av Hamas. Vilket generellt är symptomatiskt för inställningen till Muslimska brödraskapet. Hamas militära förmåga har underskattats men för framtiden, inte minst gällande Gaza, rekommenderas förkovran av dess politik.

Vid midnatt på fredagen landade Joakim Medin i Stockholm och av sin höggravida hustru Sofie Axelsson och utrikesministern. – Allt är väl trots allt. Jag är jäkligt sliten i kropp och huvud, säger Joakim Medin i bilen på väg hem.

Viktig läsning ⤵️

Efter 51 dagar fängslad i Turkiet är Joakim Medin är på väg hem.

"Vulnerability is quashed in my flight. Pride triumphs to save the baring of my brittle soul and deep red heart."

Turkiets ambassad i Sverige har på fredagen uttalat sig om Dagens ETC:s reporter Joakim Medin: ”Den rättsliga processen pågår”, skriver man i en kommentar till Expressen.

Nu sitter Joakim fängslad i Turkiet. Därför kan han inte göra sitt arbete. Men du kan läsa det han gjort tidigare. Gör gärna det. Och sprid. Jag vet att det skulle betyda mycket för honom. Och det visar vem han är som journalist, oavsett vem som granskas, skriver chefredaktör Andreas Gustavsson.

Today the Irf Secretariat #FaithUnchained campaign launches - an informal group of orgs from diverse religious & ethnic backgrounds joining forces to call for the release of religious prisoners of conscience. Day 1: We are urging Nigeria to release young Yahaya Aminu Sharif.⬇️ #FreeYahaya

Sun has set outside. Adjacent to the UN building, a North Korean escapee shares about the torture he survived when refouled by the Chinese government to North Korea. He calls on the @UN and member states to protect North Korean refugees in China.

📣 SAVE THE DATE : C’EST DEMAIN 📣 SIDE EVENT · 58e SESSION DU CONSEIL DES DROITS DE L’HOMME LA PEINE DE MORT ET L’EXAMEN PÉRIODIQUE UNIVERSEL 📅 Jeudi 20 mars 2025 · 14:00 – 15:00 H 📍 Salle XXV, Palais des Nations, Genève 🌍 Interprétariat français/anglais #CDH58 #PeineDeMort #DroitsHumains

"This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." -Hamlet

🎗 "The time of distress is limited. You, my Lord, are faithful." #HeidiJosua

Two Christians Released in Egypt After 3 Years in Prison  https://www.byteseu.com/726141/ 2/7/2025 Egypt (International Christian Concern) — On Jan. 31, two Christian men, Abdulbaqi Said Abdo and Nour Gerges, were released from prison in Egypt after spending more than three years behind bars.  …

The best part of this work is the beautiful and passionate people you meet along the way.

USCIRF Welcomes Release of Two Religious Prisoners of Conscience Imprisoned on Blasphemy Charges in Egypt pierced-hearts.com/2025/02/01/u...

#KeepEyesonSudan "Framför Sudans ambassad på Lidingö samlades under lördagskvällen en grupp svenskar med sydsudanesisk bakgrund. De krävde att de brutala attackerna på flyktingar i Wad Madani utreds och fördöms." Reportage av @martinschibbye.bsky.social blankspot.se/justice-just...

Sverige godtog shariadom när flicka togs från mamma skriver Doku doku.nu

snow in the dmv.

Welcome news - Mubarak Bala is free! Nigeria should never have detained Mubarak Bala, religious dissent is not a crime. Even as a free man Mubarak Bala faces threats to his life from anti-blasphemy law apologists. Nigeria must repeal its anti-blasphemy laws.

Thank You, Charlie Hebdo medium.com/set-my-peopl...

He has committed no crime and should not be imprisoned, but it's welcome news at least that an appeals court has upheld the appeal of Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala, and his sentence will be reduced from 24 years in prison to five years. He was originally arrested for posting blasphemy on Facebook.

I am so happy that Mubarak Bala is out of prison. It is a disgrace he had to go to prison from blasphemy. Nigeria as a country needs to move away from punishing people with state power because they “insulted” a religion.

@BBCAfrica: 'I never thought I may get out of prison alive' Prominent Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala has been freed from incarceration spending four years in prison on 'blasphemy' related charges. Bala's case outraged the world and sparked a fierce debate on freedom of speech in Nigeria. https://t.

This is fantastic news! We're so glad to see Mubarak Bala finally released from prison on blasphemy related charges. humanists.international/2025/01/nige...

We welcome the news that humanist Mubarak Bala has been freed from prison in Nigeria. Bala was serving a 24 year sentence for alleged ‘blasphemy’. Criticising religion should never be a crime. We call for the abolition of all blasphemy laws, everywhere. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/01...