Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / Calling for open societies in Nigeria and Egypt بيان شفوي الإتحاد الإنساني والأخلاقي الدولي مجلس حقوق الإنسان التابع للأمم المتحدة ، الدورة 48 (8 إلى 13 سبتمبر 2021)… Read More
Protect Humanists At Risk / 6 October 2021 Interview with Mubarak Bala’s wife, Amina Ahmed: “Thanks for not giving up on Mubarak” As Mubarak Bala spent more than 500 days in jail, Humanists International had the privilege to interview his wife Amina. Read More
Advocacy News / 28 September 2021 Humanists call on the Government of Ghana to reject proposed anti-LGBTI+ law At UN, Humanists International condemns draft law giving lengthy prison sentences for being LGBTI+ or for engaging in "LGBTI+ advocacy." Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Ghana / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention / Against Ghana’s Anti-LGBTI+ Bill ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 48th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (13 September 2021 to 08… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 13 September 2021 Nigeria: Grant Mubarak Bala access to all necessary medical care Concerns for the health of Mubarak Bala Read More
Humanists International News / 17 August 2021 Mubarak Bala 2021 Freedom of Thought Award Humanist International General Assembly awards 2021 Freedom of Thought Award to detained colleague Mubarak Bala Read More
Advocacy blog / 5 August 2021 / Javan Lev Poblador “Writing was my way of fighting against untouchability in Mauritania”: interview with Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, an antislavery activist and blogger from Mauritania who spent six years in prison and survived ‘death… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 4 August 2021 Nigeria: Kano State High Court brings formal charges against Mubarak Bala Mubarak Bala formally charged before the Kano State High Court after 462 days in arbitrary detention. Read More
Advocacy News / 9 July 2021 Mauritania continues to persecute anti-slavery activists, Cheick Mkhaitir tells UN Cheick Mkhaitir denounced the practice of slavery and the persecution of human rights defenders in his home country of Mauritania. Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR Statement on Mauritania International Humanist and Ethical Union 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (21 June to 13 July 2021) Item… Read More