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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…

Young Humanists International / 8 January 2016

From Africa: The Tarok Youth

By Nandip Andrew This article first appeared in the December 2015 edition of the IHEYO Youth Speak newsletter. The Tarok people…

Advocacy Statement / 2015 / Kyrgyzstan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

LGBTI rights and Freedex

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015) General Debate, Item 2/3 …

Advocacy Statement / 2015 / Nigeria / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action /

Opposition to LGBTI rights by OIC States

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015)…

Advocacy News / 19 June 2015

IHEU highlights role of child marriage in blocking girls’ right to education

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

Advocacy News / 20 March 2015

IHEU calls on UN to do more to protect Mauritanian anti-slavery campaigners

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised the plight of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania with the UN Human…

17 March 2015

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…

5 January 2015

IHEU condemns death sentence for “apostasy”, handed to writer in Mauritania

A writer in Mauritania has been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, putting the crime of leaving Islam on a par with the country’s…

Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Nigeria / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

UPR statement on Nigeria (2014)

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council, 25th Session (3rd – 28th March 2014) UPR:…

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