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Church Influence on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

17 March 2010

The wording says: ‘Abortion for Polish women – introduced by Hitler – 9 March 1943′ Meeting of the EP Platform for Secularism in Politics The European Parliamentary Platform for Secularism in Politics held a well attended meeting on 17 March 2010 to hear speakers on the influence of the church in matters of abortion, divorce, family planning etc, with speakers from Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.Monika Karbowska told the meeting about the dire situation for… read more »


Protest at Harassment of Leo Igwe in Nigeria

9 March 2010

Leo Igwe is the highly respected and capable West Africa representative of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. He is also Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Humanist Movement. He has been subject to a campaign of harassment by the police, apparently instigated by the man he has accused (in his role as a defender of human rights) of raping a ten-year-old girl in 2006. In March 2010 he wrote to EHF:- On January 5 2010,… read more »


The case of Dorota Nieznalska

7 March 2010

Dorota Nieznalska is an artist who was prosecuted and convicted for “offending religious beliefs” when in 2002 she exhibited at a gallery in Gdansk an installation “Passion” that included a cross on which was a photograph of male genitalia, while a video of a man training in a fitness studio played in the background. The work symbolised men’s self-imposed suffering in order to become “real”, strong men.Last summer she was acquitted on appeal, and the liberal… read more »