After the banging of heads all of us at CFI have done to get attention focused on Aan’s case, and now in the midst of our efforts to shine a spotlight on restrictions on free expression around the world (which includes CFI’s significant contribution to the new IHEU report on atheists’ persecution), this was a pleasant surprise to see — and straight from the body that advises the president and State Department on these matters, no less.
Egyptian Atheist Alber Saber Convicted and Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Blasphemy
December 12, 2012 By 66 Comments
Egypt has struck a major blow to the fundamental human right to freedom of expression, and unjustly stripped an innocent man of his freedom, as Alber Saber, the 27-year-old atheist activist and blogger, was convicted today of blasphemy and sentenced to three years in prison.
Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ as an Animated Short
December 11, 2012 By 4 Comments
Found at io9, here’s a lovely kinetic-text-style animated interpretation of Carl Sagan‘s beautiful monologue from Pale Blue Dot:
Susan Jacoby Resurrects the Legacy of Robert Ingersoll
December 7, 2012 By 12 Comments
In the cover story for the latest American Scholar, Susan Jacoby pens a truly enlightening look back at the impact of “the Great Agnostic” Robert Green Ingersoll, leading light of what she calls “the golden age of freethought.”
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