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Advocacy News / 15 March 2016

Jailed and lashed for atheism – At UN, IHEU highlights Saudi and Egypt’s treatment of those with no religion

Today at the United Nations Human Rights Council, director of advocacy for the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), Elizabeth…

Campaigns / 27 November 2015

Death for “apostasy” must not stand! Free Ashraf Fayadh

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) joins around 60 human rights organisations internationally, protesting the death sentence handed down last…

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 Statement / 2015 / Iraq / UN Human Rights Council / Item 2: Annual report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights /

Silence of Human Rights Council on ISIS crimes

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 30th Session (14th September – 2nd October 2015) General…

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

Forced labour and trafficking in Gulf States

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

Campaigns / 26 March 2015

New international call to “prevent disrespect for religions” must be firmly rejected

A resolution proposed ahead of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) seeks to limit freedom of expression on religion, and must be firmly…

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…

General news / 16 March 2015

At UN, IHEU raises issue of hate campaigns against those with no religion

In a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised concerns…

Campaigns / 16 January 2015

“Raif Badawi is Charlie”

Humanist organizations have been among the chorus of human rights groups, activists, and governments internationally, calling for the release of persecuted…

Campaigns / 9 January 2015

IHEU: “call it what it is — Saudi Arabia’s flogging of Raif Badawi is barbarity and torture, plain and simple”

It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The…

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

UPR statement on Qatar

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council,…

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