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Atheist Alliance International (AAI) is a human rights advocacy organization that seeks to protect and defend the rights of religious non-believers and others harmed by religion, and to challenge religious superstition and privilege where it encroaches on those rights. AAI was granted UN Special Consultative Status in 2013.
In 2013, AAI launched our Asylum Project, to help support atheists and secularists known to our member and partner organizations who have received threats or been targets of religious violence.
Due to budgetary restraints and the overwhelming number of asylum seekers seeking our help, our role is primarily limited to offering asylum-seekers information on relocating to safe countries, and endorsing their applications with letters of support.
However, occasionally asylum-seekers need assistance with legal fees and short-term living expenses. We collaborate with several international and national humanitarian organizations to collectively contribute to these expenses, but our funds are limited, and requests for help continue to pour in.
We urgently need your help to establish a budget dedicated to helping our asylum-seekers.
According to the Freedom of Thought Report, "There has been a rise in extrajudicial violence, and in several states harsher judicial sentences have been handed down for crimes such as 'blasphemy' and 'apostasy.'" Atrocious acts of violence and the cold-blooded slaughters of those so-accused by extremist governments and individuals continue to occur every day. We mourn the loss of many secular activists and bloggers, and we fear for the lives of those in danger, many of whom are in hiding. We need your help to give our asylum-seekers the chance to escape these horrors.
Sadly, not everybody who seeks our help will qualify for asylum. Many of those who are aware of this harsh reality have asked AAI to give them a voice, to share their experiences, and to overcome the restrictions that prevent individuals living in closed societies from being able to speak freely without fearing for their lives, and the lives of their families. Many atheists and secularists live lives of secrecy, forced to deny their basic human rights to freedom of conscience and belief, fearing violence and death, even at the hands of their own families.
You can help lend a voice to atheists and secularists living in closed societies by volunteering your time to translate and disseminate their works.
Thank you for your supporting this campaign. If you can afford to, please donate generously. If you have translation skills or are interested in other volunteer opportunities , please contact us. If you are not in a position to help AAI, please share this campaign broadly.
Your generosity can help us save lives.
If you wish to support this campaign directly, or to support AAI's other projects, please visit here .
In 2013, AAI launched our Asylum Project, to help support atheists and secularists known to our member and partner organizations who have received threats or been targets of religious violence.
Due to budgetary restraints and the overwhelming number of asylum seekers seeking our help, our role is primarily limited to offering asylum-seekers information on relocating to safe countries, and endorsing their applications with letters of support.
However, occasionally asylum-seekers need assistance with legal fees and short-term living expenses. We collaborate with several international and national humanitarian organizations to collectively contribute to these expenses, but our funds are limited, and requests for help continue to pour in.
We urgently need your help to establish a budget dedicated to helping our asylum-seekers.
According to the Freedom of Thought Report, "There has been a rise in extrajudicial violence, and in several states harsher judicial sentences have been handed down for crimes such as 'blasphemy' and 'apostasy.'" Atrocious acts of violence and the cold-blooded slaughters of those so-accused by extremist governments and individuals continue to occur every day. We mourn the loss of many secular activists and bloggers, and we fear for the lives of those in danger, many of whom are in hiding. We need your help to give our asylum-seekers the chance to escape these horrors.
Sadly, not everybody who seeks our help will qualify for asylum. Many of those who are aware of this harsh reality have asked AAI to give them a voice, to share their experiences, and to overcome the restrictions that prevent individuals living in closed societies from being able to speak freely without fearing for their lives, and the lives of their families. Many atheists and secularists live lives of secrecy, forced to deny their basic human rights to freedom of conscience and belief, fearing violence and death, even at the hands of their own families.
You can help lend a voice to atheists and secularists living in closed societies by volunteering your time to translate and disseminate their works.
Thank you for your supporting this campaign. If you can afford to, please donate generously. If you have translation skills or are interested in other volunteer opportunities , please contact us. If you are not in a position to help AAI, please share this campaign broadly.
Your generosity can help us save lives.
If you wish to support this campaign directly, or to support AAI's other projects, please visit here .
Organizer
Christine Shellska
Organizer
Calgary, AB