The Secular Underground Network
A community for Freethinkers of the World
14 mn read “I get constant threats from the jihadis on the phone/social media. I’m hiding from them all these years. What if they get to know my location because those people whom we used to trust are even against us now. I’m sick of dealing with them already. I can’t take all these stresses anymore. It has been ongoing for five years now. I am living without freedom and peace and I need to leave this place as soon as possible.”
Written by Swapna S
4 mn read Dolly Sarkasmo (an alias for her own safety) is a lesbian Ex-Muslim from Egypt. She is an activist, working to secure a better future for LGBTQ people in the middle east. Recently she was able to flee to Georgia in eastern Europe where she awaits her asylum procedure. Now she needs our help to survive […]
Written by Lola
8 mn read Ilham lives a lie every day of his life so he may stay alive and somehow achieve the freedom he so desperately desires. Case: Ilham from AfghanistanStart date: march 7, 2021Support: living costs and support to get a permit to stay somewhereBudget needed: monthly €350 for living costs plus budget for a permanent solution Ilham […]
Written by Paul
6 mn read As an LGBTQ activist in Uganda, Elijah has been tortured and sexually abused by the police, persecuted bij family members. His shop and house have been set on fire and he had to flee the country leaving his adorable children behind. He is in a Rwandan hospital now, where he can not leave if he doesn t pay the bills. Elijah wishes to embrace once again his two little children. He needs your help to get the medications he needs and safely return to his home.
Written by Andrea Bertolazzo
3 mn read Deserted by his family, jobless and fighting against diabetes, Amir needs support to find a safe accommodation and to afford his medications Amir is from San’a’, the capital of Yemen, a country where radical Islamism is still deeply rooted. As a gay man, he was never accepted by his muslim family. He was secluded inside […]
Written by Andrea Bertolazzo
2 mn read Earlier we reported on a young woman known as Water Spirit. She is one of many atheists that SUN provides assistance to. Water Spirit left her home country several years ago, fleeing from her family who was putting pressure on her to quit her job and marry a husband they selected for her. Water Spirit […]
Written by Gail Miller
< 1 mn read Rights and freedoms of individuals have been continuously threatened by medieval religious dogmas in religious centered countries. Aneeqa Ateeq is a young girl who is falsly been convicted by a Pakistani male Hasnat on personal grounds. Hasnat lodged an FIR in 2020 that Aneeqa Ateeq shared a book and updated a status which he found […]
Written by Joseph Oduro
7 mn read SUN opens it platform for bloggers, journalists, cartoonists, poets and other creatives The SUN community thrives thanks to the contributions of our members. Since we opened our platform 6 months ago, many like-minded people have found their way to the website. Nearly 500 people are now an active part of the community website and more […]
Written by The Secular Underground Network
4 mn read The long journey from living on the streets to becoming self-supporting For the past year, Nicky and Marina have been mostly surviving, looking for a better future. They have not yet managed to find a job, but they have received help for their daily needs such as food and a roof over their heads: “We […]
Written by Caroline D. van Wijk
4 mn read The end of the year is approaching and what a bizarre year it has been. In our first full year of operations, we received 137 requests for help. Some of them simply needed contact with like-minded people, to cope with daily life in a hostile environment. We created several online support groups for them. Others […]
Written by The Secular Underground Network
< 1 mn read “My name is Gowshik, a 22 year old atheist. I’m currently away from my home country. I came to this country to get a college degree but later realized it was too much for me. My home country isn’t the safest place to be especially with my orthodox Muslim family. They had already issued death […]
Written by Joseph Oduro
< 1 mn read Mr. Hassan, a 31 year old Somali citizen has been a refugee in Egypt since 1993. Like Abdalla, millions of such cases are ignored by the human rights organizations, Arab media and authorities unfortunately sometimes even UNHCR. Victims and advocates of the cases are under the inevitable death threats. Abdalla decided to speak out over […]
Written by Abdalla Hassan
3 mn read After the fall of Afghanistan, the Taliban announced a general amnesty in the media, but the reality is that the Taliban arrest, torture and kill dozens of their political and religious opponents every day. Facts like these are not published because they control the media internally.Those who have gone into hiding, the Taliban visit their […]
Written by Chinar
< 1 mn read Two days ago, a piece of horrible news was spread around. A lesbian mother and an activist has been captured by the iranian regime due to her activism and promotion of acceptance of homosexuality and LGBTQ. In two videos she had explained how she has tolerated 21-day prison in Kurdistan prison in iraq. She further […]
Written by LoveHumanity
5 mn read We are a generation whose whole life is tied to the war. During my childhood in the 90s, I first saw the Taliban. People with angry and scary faces, whose names people were afraid to hear. During the previous period of Taliban rule, the destruction caused by war and violence shattered the hopes and dreams […]
Written by Kaihan Broomand
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