Atheist Alliance International
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Leadership resignations and legal-status dispute
President David Orenstein and Vice President Nina Sankari resigned amid public disagreement about AAI's governance and legal position. AAI later issued a disclosure document responding to allegations of mismanagement and financial-recordkeeping problems.
2022
Revocation of Council of Europe status
AAI's participatory status at the Council of Europe was revoked during a period of continuing organizational and governance controversy.
2021
California suspension and compliance problems
The California Secretary of State suspended AAI. AAI had also reported that its California tax-exempt status was revoked in 2016 after required filings were not submitted since 2013.
2021
Dispute over affiliate voting rights
The Greek Helsinki Monitor reported an alleged denial of voting rights to the Humanist Union of Greece at AAI's 2021 annual general meeting, involving disagreement over the meaning of formal membership and the organization's bylaws.
2018
Disputed governance measures and bylaw changes
Accounts of the organization's governance dispute state that some directors placed AAI into special measures without informing all directors or members, followed by a directors' meeting that adopted bylaws restricting member participation and reducing certain reporting and election requirements.