Membership blog / 9 April 2020 / Giovanni Gaetani Harrison Mumia from Kenya: “Let’s show compassion for the most vulnerable” Second mini-interview of the #GlobalHumanismNow series: Harrison Mumia from Kenya Read More
Advocacy News / 20 March 2020 Sudan plans to scrap death penalty for apostasy Sudan has announced that it will remove the death penalty for the crime of “apostasy.” Read More
Action Alert / 11 March 2020 Don’t let Mahmoud die, Humanists International tells UN Humanists International make intervention at the UN to call for greater protection of Somali Professor threatened with death because of… 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
Action Alert / 6 March 2020 Protect Mahmoud, the Somali professor accused of blasphemy for a Facebook post Prof. Jama Ahmed received public death threats on charges of blasphemy and apostasy. Humanists International calls for the Somali authorities… Read More
Growth and Development / 24 February 2020 In 2020 we will support 12 humanist projects across the world We awarded a total of £36,000 to support the projects of 12 Members and Associates around the world. Here they… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Morroco / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / The Convention on the Rights of the Child in Islam ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019)… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Nigeria / African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights / LGBTQI+ rights at the African Commission International Humanist and Ethical Union Oral Statement Item 7: Intersessional Report by Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / South Africa / Child sacrifice International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March 2019) General… Read More
General news / 26 November 2019 Egyptian secularist facing arbitrary travel ban, now on hunger strike Denied permission to travel despite their being no official court order, Ahmed Harkan has begun a hunger strike Read More
Conferences / 19 November 2019 President of Zambia declares “fools think there is no God” – reports Humanists and atheists in Zambia are stigmatised for not believing in God Read More