Atheist Republic Discussions

Iranian blogger and professional photographer, Soheil Arabi, has been repeatedly prosecuted by authorities in Iran for his writing and online activism. In 2014 he was sentenced to death for supposedly "insulting the Prophet" in Facebook posts. The death sentence was commuted in 2015, but he has since been jailed again. He has been repeatedly beaten while in prison, and members of his family have been threatened or harassed. Atheist Republic members have a plan to highlight this case. Our friends at Humanist International have provided us with a briefing confirming this information. Link to event: https://www.facebook.com/events/371969536765198/  Please join the and Atheist Republic Consulate near you and ask the admins of the group to start an event in the group similar to the one above to help us bring more attention to Soheil: http://www.atheistrepublic.com/consulates  Also, if you can, help them with managing these events. The key things for each event page are to make sure all the details and dates on t