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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 1d

Filia begins 💪🏽 @filiacharity.bsky.social

Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 1d

I and @maryamaldossari.bsky.social & others will speak at fringe event on Palestine Liberation as a feminist issue. My position -Neither Israeli State nor Hamas: A Progressive Case Against Genocide, War, Occupation, Fundamentalism & Politics of Identity & Dehumanisation — For Woman, Life, Freedom

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 1d

On Saturday at @filiacharity.bsky.social, Celebrating Dissent discussion on blasphemous women with Yasmine El Baramawy. @IbtissameBettyLachgar was meant to be with us but she is unjustly imprisoned in Morocco. We will celebrate her and all blasphemous women. #FreeBetty

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 1d

On Friday at @filiacharity.bsky.social, join @maryamaldossari.bsky.social Pragna Patel Yasmin Rehman @GitaSahgal @maryamnamazie.bsky.social and Munira Baharaki to discuss sex apartheid as a crime against humanity.

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 4d

Update: Betty's Lachgar's sentence was upheld after her appeal! H/T @matriactivista.bsky.social

Visit our page, which will be updated with actions, & also links to @maryamnamazie.bsky.social's campaign.

We will show our #solidarity with Betty at #FiLiA2025

#FreeBetty

www.filia.org.uk/freebetty

Join the #FreeBetty campaign — FiLiA

Take a stand for feminist freedom. Visit the #FreeBetty stand to have your photo taken with our striking cardboard cutout of Betty Lachgar — a powerful symbol of resistance and courage.

www.filia.org.uk

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 4d

At @IbtissameBetty hearing today, Rabat court rejected appeal & upheld 30 month prison sentence & fine for a t-shirt.

It's scandalous, a grave injustice & chilling attack on free expression & individual rights.

We will fight for #FreeBetty

A shameful day for #Morocco.

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 5d

T-shirt worn in #London, judged in #Morocco.

Today: @IbtissameBetty Appeal
Imprisoned unjustly in Morocco — sentenced to 30 months for a T-shirt worn in London.

#FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws

ex-muslim.org.uk/2025/09/free...

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 5d

Today @IbtissameBetty Appeal. She has been imprisoned unjustly in #Morocco — sentenced to 30 months in prison for a T-shirt worn in London.

Women read her sister Siham’s letter, a call for justice and dignity. #FreeBetty #EndBlasphemyLaws

www.instagram.com/reel/DPdhPdj...

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 5d

Trailer of Deeyah Khan's 2016 Film #IslamsNonBelievers, ITV Exposure.

#EndBlasphemyLaws
#FreeBetty

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 8d

A debate I did with apologist @TariqRamadan at Oxford Union with 2.7 million views in 2016 on #Islam in Europe. On free expression, relevant as we just celebrated #blasphemyday.
You can see full debate in defence of @Charlie_Hebdo_ here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyja...

Islam In Europe | Full Head-to-Head Debate | Oxford Union

YouTube video by OxfordUnion

www.youtube.com

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 9d

Secularism is Woman's Issue with Anna Zobnina, Gita Sahgal, Ibtissame Betty Lachgar* & @MaryamNamazie

*Betty is unjustly in prison in Morocco

Chaired by Ali Malik

Friday 3 October, 7:00-8:30pm, London

Organised by CEMB and One Law for All

Tickets: tinyurl.com/mrxvrj3b

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The Freethinker @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social · 11d

Our previous image of the week featured Betty herself. Find out how you can help her by clicking on the links to this and the Jyllands-Posten image.

freethinker.co.uk/2025/08/imag...

#FreeBetty #BlasphemyDay @maryamnamazie.bsky.social

Image of the week: 'Allah is lesbian' (#FreeBetty) - The Freethinker

Ibitissamme Lachgar, known as Betty, is a feminist, human rights activist, and ex-Muslim who for many years has…

freethinker.co.uk

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The Freethinker @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social · 11d

'Betty Lachgar is in prison...not because she harmed anyone, but because of her t-shirt. For that, she is being persecuted and prosecuted, whilst those who threatened her with rape and death walk free.' - @maryamnamazie.bsky.social on Betty's plight. #FreeBetty

freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/free...

Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar - The Freethinker

'To criminalise dissent is to give ideas rights they cannot have, whilst stripping individuals of rights they must.'

freethinker.co.uk

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 11d

Betty was supposed to be speaking at #FiLiA2025 and we will be honouring her in her enforced absence.

#FreeBetty #LibérezBetty #LibérezBettyLachgar #FreeBettyLachgar

Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 11d

On #blasphemyDay stand with Ibtissame Betty Lachgar unjustly imprisoned in #Morocco for a t-shirt. Whilst blasphemy laws claim to defend public/religious 'morality,' they in fact protect state & reinforce patriarchal control. #FreeBetty whose only 'crime' is to speak truth to power.

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 11d

On #blasphemyDay stand with Ibtissame Betty Lachgar unjustly imprisoned in #Morocco for a t-shirt. Whilst blasphemy laws claim to defend public/religious 'morality,' they in fact protect state & reinforce patriarchal control. #FreeBetty whose only 'crime' is to speak truth to power.

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 16d

I take Ibtissame Betty Lachgar place at Hrabre Sestre conference to speak on restrictions on abortion in countries under Islamic influence, honour Betty & demand #FreeBetty from unjust imprisonment in Morocco for a t-shirt.

📅 September 27, Split
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The Freethinker @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social · 25d

Today is the third anniversary of Mahsa Amini's murder by the Islamic regime of Iran. Read @maryamnamazie.bsky.social's reflections on this, and the age of women's revolutions. @filiacharity.bsky.social

freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/for-...

For Mahsa Jina Amini and Woman, Life, Freedom: Summoning an Age of Humanity in an Age of Hate - The Freethinker

This is the slightly amended text of a speech given on 14 September 2025 at a commemorative event…

freethinker.co.uk

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 24d

I bought two #FreeBetty t-shirts to support the campaign to free Betty Lachgar.

Get yours today: www.bonfire.com/freebetty-1/

by @matriactivista.bsky.social

#FreeBetty | Bonfire

A T-shirt can change a life. Buy yours to support feminist activist Betty Lachgar.. Imagine wearing a T-shirt and ending up in jail. That is what happened to Moroccan...

www.bonfire.com

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 25d

We live in Age of Hate but humanity’s future is shared.

#MahsaJinaAmini murder & #WomanLifeFreedom it sparked summons Age of Humanity via a women’s revolution allowing us to imagine anew what it means to live, to resist, to be free & to be fully human.

tinyurl.com/vdmurf5d

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · Sep 10

24 groups in #Iran pledge to continue to fight in the #WomanLifeFreedom #WomensRevolution

Join #FiLiA2025 for APARTHEID AGAINST WOMEN: A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY with @maryamnamazie.bsky.social

www.iranintl.com/en/202509099...

Iranian labor, social groups vow Woman, Life, Freedom fight will continue

Twenty-four Iranian labor, social and support organizations said in a joint statement on Monday that the Woman, Life, Freedom movement sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022 would not be silenced...

www.iranintl.com

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Maryam Namazie @maryamnamazie.bsky.social · 27d

Your national flags divide

Our future is shared

#Refugeesarewelcome

#UniteTheKingdom against racism and hate

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · Aug 27

FiLiA attended today in #sisterhood & #solidarity with Betty Lachgar.

At the UK #Moroccan embassy with @maryamnamazie.bsky.social #CEMB #FaithlessHijabi & FiLiA volunteer Cristina protested peacefully at the Moroccan Embassy in #Belgium #Luxembourg

#FreeBetty #FreeBettyLachgar

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The Freethinker @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today in the Freethinker, @maryamnamazie.bsky.social reflects on the Betty Lachgar case. @exmuslimsorg.bsky.social @natsecsoc.bsky.social

‘To criminalise dissent is to give ideas rights they cannot have, whilst stripping individuals of rights they must.’

freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/free...

Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar - The Freethinker

'To criminalise dissent is to give ideas rights they cannot have, whilst stripping individuals of rights they must.'

freethinker.co.uk

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The Freethinker @thefreethinkermag.bsky.social · Sep 4

UPDATE 4 SEPTEMBER 2025: At Betty Lachgar's trial on 3 September, she was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The Freethinker condemns this appalling outcome and reiterates its support for the #FreeBetty campaign.

@maryamnamazie.bsky.social

freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/free...

Freedom of expression lives where offence begins: In defence of Ibtissame Betty Lachgar - The Freethinker

'To criminalise dissent is to give ideas rights they cannot have, whilst stripping individuals of rights they must.'

freethinker.co.uk

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