IHEU to UN: We must protect the people who promote and defend the right to free expression
We need the right to speak freely and critically about religion and related topics, and it is also vital that we protect those…
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IHEU comment on Mumtaz Qadri trial
Yesterday, the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, upheld the murder conviction against self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, despite significant pressure from…
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Mashal Khan and blasphemy laws in Pakistan
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) “In Pakistan,…
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Contemporary forms of slavery
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) Interactive Dialogue with SR on Contemporary…
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Honour-based violence and gender stereotyping
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 26th Session (10th – 27th June 2014) Annual Full-Day Discussion on Women’s Rights…
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A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld
On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of…
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#TwitterTheocracy campaign after social network blocks “blasphemy” in Pakistan
Twitter recently agreed to block “blasphemous tweets” in Pakistan, thus becoming complicit in suppressing free speech, and in aiding Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.…
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A new death sentence for blasphemy in Pakistan – the law must be abolished
As Rimsha Masih still awaits trial in Pakistan, another "blasphemy" case has been resolved today, handing a 25-year-old man a…
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Pakistan, the time has come! Politicians, police and clerics must confront ‘blasphemy’ mobs in unison and without fear
Rimsha Masih, aged between 11 and 14, and said to have some degree of mental impairment, has now been in…
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Let Khalid Saeed stay in Sweden
The Humanist Movement in Sweden and the International Humanist community call upon the Swedish authorities to reopen the case of…
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IHEU calls for asylum for Pakistani atheist
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is calling for Sweden to provide asylum to Khalid Saeed, a Pakistani atheist…
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