Advocacy News / 30 March 2023 At UN, Uganda defends anti-LGBTI+ bill in response to Humanists International statement Uganda has defended the extreme anti-LGBTI+ bill its Parliament passed earlier this month in response to a statement made at… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2023 / Ghana / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action / Condemnation of Anti-LGBTI+ Bill in Uganda ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February – 4 April 2023) Item 8:… Read More
Membership blog / 20 March 2023 / Leo Igwe 2023 Census, Omission of Religion Question and Suppression of Irreligion in Nigeria A blog post by Leo Igwe on the omission of religion questions in Nigeria's 2023 Census. Read More
General news / 23 January 2023 Nigeria: 1,000 days without Mubarak Bala Mubarak Bala spends 1000th day in a cell Read More
Humanists International News / 8 December 2022 Report reveals the impact of the precarious state of secularism globally 11th edition of Freedom of Thought Report exposes that only 4% of the global population live in societies that are… Read More
Members and partners / 29 November 2022 Humanist Association of Ghana holds first humanist funeral service in the country Humanist Association of Ghana reached a new milestone for the organization after conducting its first humanist funeral. Read More
Humanists At Risk / 17 November 2022 Nigeria: legal team file brief in appeal of Mubarak Bala On 15 November 2022, the legal team acting on behalf of Mubarak Bala filed a Brief of Argument with the… Read More
Humanists International event / 01 December 22 - 01 December 22 Article 17 Dialogue Event – the Freedom of Thought Report 2022 Read More
Advocacy News / 13 October 2022 Humanist organizations give evidence to UN study on ending witchcraft-related persecution The organizations strongly affirmed the importance of education as key to overcoming some of the root causes of witchcraft accusations. Read More
Advocacy News / 2 October 2022 At UN, prominent Nigerian humanist demands freedom for Mubarak Bala Dr. Leo Igwe spoke before the Council to condemn the unjust sentencing of Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala, and to call… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2022 / Nigeria / International Humanist and Ethical Union / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / Update on Mubarak Bala Oral statement International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 51st Session (12 September – 1 April 2022) General… Read More