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In many parts of the world, humanists, atheists and other non-religious people are routinely persecuted for their beliefs. In such…

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Maldives: Concerns for safety of social media activist following conviction

15 August 2022 |

Renowned novelist and humanist Salman Rushdie stabbed

15 August 2022 | Unnamed Road, Culbertson, NE 69024, USA

One year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

15 August 2022 | Afghanistan

Hungary: city hall moves to appeal reinstatement of Gáspár Békés

12 August 2022 | Hungary

Greece: cease judicial harassment of human rights defender

11 August 2022 | Greece

Belgian humanists condemn lack of abortion access for Ukrainian refugees

10 August 2022 | Ukraine

India: drop investigations into filmmaker

5 August 2022 | India

Humanists call on the Europe’s Asylum Agency to consider experience of the non-religious

28 July 2022 | 13531, Planá nad Lužnicí, Czechia

Abortion deleted from UK Government-organised international human rights statement

19 July 2022 | United Kingdom

Abortion in Malta

11 July 2022 | 6 Triq Ganni Portelli, Attard, Malta

Luxembourg’s nonreligious residents rise to 51% in 2022, new survey shows

21 June 2022 | Luxembourg

Humanist activist from Philippines calls on UN to protect young women human rights defenders

20 June 2022 |

Myanmar: Humanists call for stronger international response to coup

23 March 2022 | Myanmar (Burma)

"Saudi Arabia must lift Raif Badawi's travel ban," Humanists International says at UN

22 March 2022 | Saudi Arabia

2021 Press Project advances humanism in Peruvian academia

22 March 2022 | Peru

Libya: Concern for members of the Tanweer Movement

16 March 2022 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

At UN, Humanists highlight role of critical thinking in combating harmful superstitious attitudes towards persons with albinism

15 March 2022 | Ndélé, Central African Republic

Italy: UAAR condemns unfair treatment of non-religious and clerical child abuse

2 March 2022 | Italy

Sri Lankan humanists urge the government to end discriminatory legal system

17 February 2022 | Sri Lanka

Ugandan Humanists conduct successful training in support of LGBTI+ communities

7 February 2022 | Uganda

Humanists International begins new capacity building project in South Asia

31 January 2022 | Nepal

Humanists Barbados: advocating for free thought and human rights despite the backlash

20 December 2021 | Barbados

This is how Humanists International helped my family and I to find freedom

22 October 2021 | Jawhar, Somalia

Latest Reads

Humanists At Risk / 15 August 2022

Maldives: Concerns for safety of social media activist following conviction

Maldivian human rights defender facing increased threats following conviction

General news / 15 August 2022

Renowned novelist and humanist Salman Rushdie stabbed

Rushdie was attacked at an event in western New York state after his assailant stormed the stage.

Casework blog / 15 August 2022 / Emma Wadsworth-Jones

One year on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

Humanists International’s Casework & Campaigns Manager reflects on Afghanistan one year after the Taliban re-established its Islamic Emirate

Humanists At Risk / 12 August 2022

Hungary: city hall moves to appeal reinstatement of Gáspár Békés

Budapest City Hall has filed an appeal against a ruling that it had unlawfully dismissed humanist Gáspár Békés

Humanists At Risk / 11 August 2022

Greece: cease judicial harassment of human rights defender

In the coming months, humanist and human rights advocate Panayote Dimitras faces multiple trials, accused of "filing a false complaint"

Advocacy News / 10 August 2022

Belgian humanists condemn lack of abortion access for Ukrainian refugees

In a speech to the European Parliament, the President of Centre d’Action Laïque has condemned restrictions on abortion access faced…

Campaigns / 5 August 2022

India: drop investigations into filmmaker

Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai faces accusations of “hurting religious sentiments” in connection with her documentary short ‘Kaali’

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Conference: The Non-religious and the State: Choices and Frameworks for Seculars from the Age of Revolution to the Current Day

The conference will result in the presentation of over 30 papers on a variety of topics and national contexts about…

Casework blog / 28 July 2022 / Emma Wadsworth-Jones

We have the tools to influence change, now we must use them

In this blog, Humanists International’s Casework & Campaigns Manager, Emma Wadsworth-Jones reflects on some of the challenges of supporting humanists…