This week, The Atlantic introduced the world to a Center for Inquiry program that exemplifies our commitment to free inquiry and humanist values: Secular Rescue. As we have seen far too many times, to be an outspoken atheist in certain parts of the world is to put your life at risk. With Secular Rescue, we assist freethinking writers and …

To mark International Blasphemy Rights Day (Sept. 30), the Center for Inquiry is launching Secular Rescue, a major initiative to save the lives of freethinking writers and activists who are threatened with death by religiously inspired militants or government crackdown. Watch the official launch video here. Secular Rescue springs from the Freethought Emergency Fund, a temporary program …