The International Humanist and Ethical Union: IHEU produces the Freedom of Thought Report,┬áthe only annual survey looking at the rights and treatment of the non-religious in every country in the world.┬áSpecifically, it looks at how non-religious individualsÔÇöwhether they call themselves atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, or are otherwise just simply not religiousÔÇöare treated because of their lack of religion or absence of belief in a god. We focus on discrimination by state authorities; that is systemic, legal or official forms of discrimination and restrictions on freedom of thought, belief and expression, though we do also try to include some consideration of extra-legal persecution or persecution by non-state actors, social discrimination, and personal experience where possible.
