Advocacy Statement / 2023 / Ghana / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / Statement on Ghana’s Universal Periodic Review (2023) ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (19 June 2023 to 14 July 2023) Item… Read More
Humanists At Risk / 26 May 2023 Nigeria: Members of US Congress unite to call for pardon of Mubarak Bala Members of US Congress call for a pardon for Mubarak Bala Read More
General news / 17 May 2023 US Congressman calls for pardon of Mubarak Bala Upon adopting Mubarak Bala's case, Congressman Jamie Raskin called on President Buhari to grant him a pardon Read More
Advocacy News / 5 May 2023 European Parliament urges Nigerian authorities to release Mubarak Bala In a resolution adopted during its April Plenary session, the European Parliament has condemned the use of blasphemy laws and called for… Read More
Advocacy News / 28 April 2023 NGOs file UN petition to free Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala on the 3rd anniversary of his arrest On the 3rd anniversary of Bala's detention, Humanists International has filed an updated appeal with the UN Working Group on… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 5 April 2023 Nigeria: one year on from sentencing, let Mubarak know that he is not forgotten 5 April marks one year since Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Send him a… Read More
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