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Advocacy News / 16 March 2017

Child sacrifice, LGBTI discrimination, maternal mortality: Uganda’s human rights record

Child sacrifice, discrimination against LGBTI people, high maternal mortality and hostility to NGOs. These were four key concerns highlighted by…

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…

Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Algeria / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action /

Blasphemy in Egypt, Algeria and Bangladesh

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) General Debate on Item…

Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention /

Persecution of Ashraf Fayadh, Sherif Gaber and Karim al-Banna

International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General Debate on…

Advocacy News / 20 September 2016

IHEU speaks up for brave Mauritanian anti-slavery campaigners, at UN

In a statement officially supported by the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA-Maritanie), the International…

Advocacy News / 19 September 2016

At UN, IHEU highlights preaching of anti-LGBTI hate in Nigeria and Uganda

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) – in cooperation with Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa, the Coalition for…

Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / UN Human Rights Council /

Persecution of nonbelievers in Egypt, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General…

Campaigns / 3 June 2016

Humanists to Greece: It is past time to abolish “blasphemy” law

Consecutive Greek governments have pledged to reassess or abolish the country’s outdated “blasphemy” laws but have failed to achieve any progress, campaigners have…

Campaigns / 22 April 2016

Death sentence upheld against Mauritanian blogger for “insulting” Islam

An appeals court in Mauritania yesterday upheld a death sentence handed down to Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir in December 2014 for “apostasy”. The International…

16 April 2016

Young writer sentenced to death for “apostasy” will get appeal – but no lawyer

A young Mauritanian writer, Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir, sentenced to death for “apostasy” in 2014, will have his appeal heard later…

Advocacy News / 17 March 2016

IHEU calls on Mauritania to stop harassing anti-slavery activists and abolish apostasy law

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the Mauritanian authorities to cease their harassment, intimidation and ill-treatment…

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