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Campaigns / 8 November 2022

New BBC documentary highlights Mubarak Bala and the challenges atheists face in Nigeria

Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, is currently serving a 24-year prison sentence, in connection with a…

Protect Humanists at Risk 2022

Protect Humanists at Risk

Protect Humanists at Risk

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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Humanists International News / 26 August 2022

Humanists International celebrates 70 years

Humanists International celebrates 70 years since it was founded in 1952 at the first World Humanist Congress in Amsterdam

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Humanist Association of Ghana holds first humanist funeral service in the country

29 November 2022 | Pru, Ghana

Iran: UN votes to establish fact finding mission to document abuses related to repression of protests

24 November 2022 | Iran

Maldives: UN experts express concern for Rusthum Russo

16 November 2022 |

Uttam Niraula, of SOCH Nepal, appointed Ambassador for Humanists International

28 October 2022 | Nepal

Humanists Barbados highlights slow progress on human rights commitments in UN report

25 October 2022 | Barbados

Humanists International condemns Head of Russian Orthodox Church and religious propaganda in war on Ukraine

12 October 2022 | Russia

India called out at UN for harassment of filmmaker who depicted Hindu goddess in film

5 October 2022 | India

Drop petition to revoke Atheists in Kenya Society’s registration

29 September 2022 | B9, Kenya

AHA Luxembourg donates €1,000 to help protect humanists at risk for the third year running

27 September 2022 | Luxembourg

Coalition urges the EU to guarantee an enabling visa framework for human rights defenders

7 September 2022 | 13531, Planá nad Lužnicí, Czechia

Humanist Association of Ireland donates €500 to the Protect Humanists At Risk campaign

22 August 2022 | Ireland

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

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

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

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6 December 2022

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Members and partners / 29 November 2022

Humanist Association of Ghana holds first humanist funeral service in the country

Humanist Association of Ghana reached a new milestone for the organization after conducting its first humanist funeral.

Advocacy News / 24 November 2022

Iran: UN votes to establish fact finding mission to document abuses related to repression of protests

In support of the resolution, Humanists International argued that "State violence in Iran is enabled by institutionalized impunity for mass…

Advocacy Statement / 2022 / Iran / UN Human Rights Council / Urgent Debate /

Statement during special session on Iran

International Humanist and Ethical Union Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council 35th Special Session: The deteriorating situation of human rights…

Humanists At Risk / 17 November 2022

Nigeria: legal team file brief in appeal of Mubarak Bala

On 15 November 2022, the legal team acting on behalf of Mubarak Bala filed a Brief of Argument with the…

Humanists At Risk / 16 November 2022

Maldives: UN experts express concern for Rusthum Russo

Four UN experts have written to express their concerns about the judicial harassment of Maldivian activist Rusthum Russo

Training / 25 November 22 - 25 November 22

Grant Writing Workshop

Write better grant proposals and navigate the grant process at Humanists International.

Humanists International event / 01 December 22 - 01 December 22

Article 17 Dialogue Event – the Freedom of Thought Report 2022

Campaigns / 8 November 2022

New BBC documentary highlights Mubarak Bala and the challenges atheists face in Nigeria

Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, is currently serving a 24-year prison sentence, in connection with a…