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Advocacy News / 21 September 2018

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws, and to promote tolerance…

Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Pakistan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General…

Advocacy News / 21 March 2018

The International Humanist and Ethical Union has again urged Pakistan to abolish its blasphemy laws and start respecting the rights…

General news / 11 February 2018

Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66. Asma was a great human rights defender and secularist, and the…

General news / 13 June 2017

A court in Pakistan has handed down a death sentence to a 30-year-old man for making a post on Facebook. Taimoor Raza…

General news / 13 April 2017

A student who referred to himself as “The Humanist” has been murdered today by dozens of fellow students, after a “blasphemy”…

31 March 2017

The first few months of 2017 has seen a disturbing attack on ‘atheist’, ‘liberal’ and ‘secular’ writers and bloggers in Pakistan,…

General news / 13 January 2017

Update 28 January 2017: The five activists and bloggers have now reportedly been released, however, they are alleged to have…

Advocacy Statement / 2015 / Bangladesh / UN Human Rights Council /

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015) Panel discussion on realizing the…

Campaigns / 7 October 2015

The Pakistan Supreme Court has today upheld a terrorism conviction against Mumtaz Qadri, thus restoring the death penalty against him. Mumtaz…

Advocacy News / 19 June 2015

Around the world, girls are severely deprived when it comes to education. At the 29th session of the UN Human…