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Advocacy News / 24 August 2021

Humanists International calls on UN to urgently investigate human rights violations in Afghanistan

Today at the UN, Humanists International has urged the international community to establish an adequately resourced fact-finding mission to investigate…

Action Alert - Live / 13 September 2021

Nigeria: Grant Mubarak Bala access to all necessary medical care

Concerns for the health of Mubarak Bala

FoRB Good Practice Guide

FoRB Good Practice Guide

What is Freedom of Religion or Belief? And why it is important? Read our new Guide to find it out!

Humanists At Risk / 29 June 2021

Humanists International launches the 2021 Protect Humanists At Risk campaign

On 29 June Humanists International launched its annual fundraising campaign to raise £25,000 needed to assist humanists who risk their…

Humanists International News / 15 August 2021

Humanists International welcomes over 80 delegates at its second ever online General Assembly

Another successful General Assembly for Humanists International.

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“Ban on gay film is uncalled for”, says the Atheists in Kenya Society

24 September 2021 | B9, Kenya

Humanist International supports Greek parents' plea on religious education exemption in schools

24 September 2021 | Greece

American Atheists donate over $4,000 to the Protect Humanists At Risk campaign

27 August 2021 | Unnamed Road, Culbertson, NE 69024, USA

Faith to Faithless hosts first national conference on apostasy in the U.K.

27 August 2021 | United Kingdom

Today, the UN Human Rights Council failed the Afghan people and betrayed all defenders of human rights

24 August 2021 | Afghanistan

The Role of Art in a Humanistic Society

17 August 2021 |

The hollow theatrics of Lebanon’s human rights presentation at the UN

13 August 2021 | Lebanon

The only outspoken ex-Muslim of Sri Lanka: an interview with Rishvin Ismath

10 August 2021 | Sri Lanka

Luxembourgish humanists donate £900 to the Protect Humanists At Risk campaign, for the second time in three years

5 August 2021 | Luxembourg

"Writing was my way of fighting against untouchability in Mauritania": interview with Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir

5 August 2021 | Mauritania

UN adopts landmark resolution condemning witchcraft accusations

5 August 2021 | Ndélé, Central African Republic

"Capital Punishment without trial in India": about the death in custody of Father Stan Swamy

8 July 2021 | India

The Humanist Association donates £5,000 to the Protect Humanists At Risk campaign

6 July 2021 | Germany

deMens.nu donates £900 to the Protect Humanists At Risk campaign, for the second year in a row

2 July 2021 | Belgium

Unprecedented interference of the Vatican to modify an anti-hate crime law in Italy

22 June 2021 | Italy

“Homophobia kills”: Polish atheists launch a new campaign to stop hate against LGBTI+ people

16 June 2021 | Poland

How Nepalese humanists are in the frontline against the COVID-19 pandemic

27 May 2021 | Nepal

Good without God

24 May 2021 | Nkhotakota, Malawi

Somali academic reaches safety, at last

4 May 2021 | Jawhar, Somalia

Hungarian Atheists' UPR report exposes crisis of human rights and democracy

26 April 2021 | Hungary

Algeria: quash the conviction of humanist academic Said Djabelkhir

22 April 2021 | Tamanrasset Province, Algeria

“Gay conversion therapies are torture”, say Humanists of Puerto Rico

23 March 2021 | Puerto Rico

Humanists call for Ghana, Tunisia and Turkey to cease persecution of LGBTI activists

19 March 2021 | Pru, Ghana

In Croatia, access to abortion is “exposed to intense ideological pressure”, says Humanists International at UN

18 March 2021 | Croatia

Liberian humanists condemn expulsion of six-year old student for ‘witchcraft’

17 March 2021 | Doedain, Liberia

At UN, Humanists International criticizes the Maldives on its Human Rights record

16 March 2021 |

Humanists International at UN: justice for Asad Noor and Ashraf Fayadh is long overdue

16 March 2021 | Bangladesh

Humanists International condemns Iran's "culture of impunity," at UN

16 March 2021 | Iran

New PhD thesis on the right of children to freedom of conscience in Romania

11 March 2021 | Romania

What We Do

Our work focuses on those rights that are threatened, abused or undermined by harmful traditional, cultural and religious practices. We have a specific concentration on freedom of expression, freedom of religion or belief, the rights of women, LGBTI equality and the rights of the child.

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Members and partners / 24 September 2021

“Ban on gay film is uncalled for”, says the Atheists in Kenya Society

Atheists in Kenya Society deplores the ban on an LGBTI+ themed film and demands more diversity in mainstream film in…

Members and partners / 24 September 2021

Humanist International supports Greek parents’ plea on religious education exemption in schools

Humanist International supports Greek parents challenging unfair protocol for exemption from religious education in schools.

Advocacy News / 15 September 2021

Human Rights Council session will test commitment of States to avert climate disaster

Humanists International joins civil society coalition calling on the UN to recognize the right to a healthy environment.

Action Alert - Live / 13 September 2021

Nigeria: Grant Mubarak Bala access to all necessary medical care

Concerns for the health of Mubarak Bala

Humanists At Risk / 27 August 2021

American Atheists donate over $4,000 to the Protect Humanists At Risk campaign

"By investing in this program we are putting our values into action", said Nick Fish, President of the organization.

Conferences / 27 August 2021

Faith to Faithless hosts first national conference on apostasy in the U.K.

Speakers gave powerful testimony of the abuse and systemic discrimination faced by apostates when accessing public services in the U.K..

Advocacy blog / 24 August 2021 / Elizabeth O'Casey

Today, the UN Human Rights Council failed the Afghan people and betrayed all defenders of human rights

In this blog, Humanists International’s Director of Advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, reflects on the outcomes of an emergency session held today…

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Afghanistan / UN Human Rights Council /

UN must investigate human rights violations in Afghanistan

International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st special session of the Human Rights Council on the serious…

Advocacy News / 24 August 2021

Humanists International calls on UN to urgently investigate human rights violations in Afghanistan

Today at the UN, Humanists International has urged the international community to establish an adequately resourced fact-finding mission to investigate…