Advocacy blog / 5 August 2021 / Javan Lev Poblador “Writing was my way of fighting against untouchability in Mauritania”: interview with Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, an antislavery activist and blogger from Mauritania who spent six years in prison and survived ‘death… Read More
Campaigns / 1 August 2019 Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir freed after 6 years in detention Sentenced to death in 2014 following accusations of "blasphemy" and "apostasy", Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir has now been freed and… Read More
Advocacy News / 18 September 2023 At UN, Cheick Mkhaitir condemns role of blasphemy and apostasy laws in perpetuating slavery in Mauritania In a statement made on behalf of Humanists International at the 54th session of the UN Human Rights Council today,… Read More
Advocacy News / 9 July 2021 Mauritania continues to persecute anti-slavery activists, Cheick Mkhaitir tells UN Cheick Mkhaitir denounced the practice of slavery and the persecution of human rights defenders in his home country of Mauritania. Read More
Advocacy News / 9 March 2020 At UN, Humanists International and Cheikh Mkhaitir call on Mauritania to release human rights defenders Humanists International have delivered a statement to the UN calling for the Mauritanian government to cease the harassment and arrest… Read More
Campaigns blog / 27 September 2019 / Giovanni Gaetani Do you remember Mohamed, the Egyptian atheist kicked off a TV interview? Mohamed Hisham who was forced to escape Egypt last year, after a backlash against his "atheist" interview. Read More
General news / 16 November 2016 IHEU briefing on Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir case The Mauritanian Supreme Court heard the final appeal of a blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir on 15 November 2016. He… Read More
General news / 16 May 2018 NGOs protest as Mauritania creates “mandatory” death sentence for apostasy and blasphemy The death sentence will be mandatory for “apostasy” and “blasphemy”-related crimes in Mauritania, under a new law passed by the… Read More
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.. Read More