Members and partners / 9 January 2023 Norway: First ever state-sponsored humanist funeral The Norwegian government awarded political activist and comedian Shabana Rehman with a state-sponsored humanist funeral. Read More
Members and partners / 19 December 2022 European Humanist Federation dissolves The cooperation between European humanists, agnostics, and atheists will continue in Humanists International. Read More
Members and partners / 14 December 2022 Humanist Society Singapore publish an illustrated guidebook on Interfaith Humanist Society Singapore published an illustrated Interfaith Guidebook to help with conversations from different religions or beliefs. 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
6 December 2022 Registration for the World Humanist Congress 2023 is now open Join us in Copenhagen in 2023 to explore the theme: “Building better democracies through humanist values.” 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
Advocacy News / 24 November 2022 Iran: UN votes to establish fact finding mission to document abuses related to repression of protests In support of the resolution, Humanists International argued that "State violence in Iran is enabled by institutionalized impunity for mass… 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 At Risk / 16 November 2022 Maldives: UN experts express concern for Rusthum Russo Four UN experts have written to express their concerns about the judicial harassment of Maldivian activist Rusthum Russo Read More
Campaigns / 8 November 2022 New BBC documentary highlights Mubarak Bala and the challenges atheists face in Nigeria Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, is currently serving a 24-year prison sentence, in connection with a… Read More
Humanists International News / 28 October 2022 Uttam Niraula, of SOCH Nepal, appointed Ambassador for Humanists International For more than 13 years, Uttam Niraula has worked to promote humanism, human rights, good governance, civic space and culture… Read More