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Casework blog / 22 October 2021 / Humanists International

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

The story of Mahmoud Jama Ahmed, who escaped persecution in Somalia and reached safety abroad.

Growth and Development / 29 September 2021

This is what Humanists International achieved in 2021 so far thanks to your support

Highlights from Humanists International's 2021 Growth & Development Plan - and how you can support it

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

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…

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

22 October 2021 | Jawhar, Somalia

“As an atheist in Syria, I am not free to be myself": the story of W.

21 October 2021 | Afghanistan

Ten years of humanism in Malta

21 October 2021 | 6 Triq Ganni Portelli, Attard, Malta

Humanists call on the Government of Ghana to reject proposed anti-LGBTI+ law

28 September 2021 | Pru, Ghana

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

24 September 2021 | B9, Kenya

Humanists 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

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

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

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

18 March 2021 | Croatia

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Casework blog / 22 October 2021 / Humanists International

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

The story of Mahmoud Jama Ahmed, who escaped persecution in Somalia and reached safety abroad.

Casework blog / 21 October 2021 / Seif Zakaria

“As an atheist in Syria, I am not free to be myself”: the story of W.

An interview with a Syrian atheist in the closet.

Membership blog / 21 October 2021 / Javan Lev Poblador

Ten years of humanism in Malta

A blog post by the Malta Humanist Association

Campaigns / 13 October 2021

Further delays in court proceedings are a blow to the quest for justice for Mubarak Bala

Further delays in court proceedings

8 October 2021

Humanists back robust UN resolution on child marriage in times of crisis

The Council adopted the resolution on “child marriage in times of crisis”, despite hostile amendments emphasizing “religious specificities”.

Advocacy News / 8 October 2021

Humanists International urges Egypt and Nigeria to uphold rights of non-religious, at UN

Humanists International has raised the case of Mubarak Bala, and reminded Egypt and Nigeria of their obligations under the Durban…

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action /

Calling for open societies in Nigeria and Egypt

بيان شفوي الإتحاد الإنساني والأخلاقي الدولي مجلس حقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم المتحدة ، الدورة 48 (8 إلى 13 سبتمبر 2021)…

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Belgium / Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

UPR Statement on Belgium

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council 48th Session (13 September – 8 October 2021) UPR…

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Denmark / International Humanist and Ethical Union / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

UPR Statement on Denmark

Oral statement Humanists International UN Human Rights Council, 48th Session (September 13th – October 8th 2021) UPR: Denmark Thank…