Campaigns blog / 8 March 2019 / Jessica McDonald Rahaf was not the first woman to flee sexual apartheid – and she won’t be the last Rahaf al-Qunun is singular in her courage and tenacity. Yet she is not the first and will not be the… Read More
Campaigns / 5 March 2019 If humanism is “blasphemy” then anti-blasphemy laws must go! Humanists International reminds the Human Rights Council that 'blasphemy' and 'apostasy' laws violate the human rights of both religious and… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2019 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / Attacks on Dalit Rationalists ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March… Read More
Humanists International event / 24 April 19 - 24 April 19 Fundamentalism rising An event to discuss together the rise of Islamist and Hindutva fundamentalism in Bangladesh and India respectively, with a panel… Read More
General news / 6 February 2019 Gulalai Ismail arrested again! She and fellow human rights activists must be released Human rights activist Gulalai Ismail was arrested yesterday in Pakistan as part of a mass arrest of at least 82… Read More
General news / 7 January 2019 Those who ‘renounce’ religion must not be deported to states that persecute ‘apostates’ The plight of a 20-year-old woman from Saudi Arabia, intending to seek asylum in Australia, has gone viral under the… Read More
Campaigns blog / 21 December 2018 / Muhammad Jamal Pakistan: religious terrorist groups receive support, while voices of dissent are under attack Pakistan is under pressure from the international community, not only for undermining freedom of religion or belief, but also for… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / Caste discrimination and the practice of manual scavenging ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Bangladesh / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Bangladesh ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) UPR: Bangladesh… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Iran / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention / The human rights situation in Iran ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General… Read More
Featured Story 31 October 2018 Asia Bibi acquitted of ‘blasphemy’ in Pakistan One of the world’s most infamous convictions for ‘blasphemy’ has been overturned by the Supreme Court in Pakistan. IHEU calls… Read More