Advocacy News / 28 April 2020 Humanists International Calls for Urgent Release of Iran’s Prisoners of Conscience Humanists International is calling on Iran to release its prisoners of conscience and human rights defenders during the COVID-19 Crisis. Read More
General news / 24 April 2020 Scotland abolishes its “blasphemy” law The Scottish Government has announced the abolition of its “blasphemy” law. Read More
Growth and Development / 24 April 2020 “Alleged witches are still killed today, in 2020”, says humanist anti-witchcraft activist Leo Igwe Humanists International supports Advocacy for Alleged Witches Read More
General news / 20 April 2020 How humanists around the world are responding to the coronavirus crisis An analysis of the #GlobalHumanismNow series Read More
Advocacy News / 20 March 2020 Sudan plans to scrap death penalty for apostasy Sudan has announced that it will remove the death penalty for the crime of “apostasy.” Read More
Conferences / 13 March 2020 Steven Pinker announced as Featured Speaker for World Congress We are excited to announce Steven Pinker as the new Humanists International Featured Speaker to the World Humanist Congress! Read More
Action Alert / 11 March 2020 Don’t let Mahmoud die, Humanists International tells UN Humanists International make intervention at the UN to call for greater protection of Somali Professor threatened with death because of… Read More
Humanists International News / 10 March 2020 World Humanist Congress 2020: speakers announced – and more to come! Five months to go to 2020 World Humanist Congress in Miami from 6 to 9 August! Read More
Advocacy News / 9 March 2020 At UN, Humanists International and Cheikh Mkhaitir call on Mauritania to release human rights defenders Humanists International have delivered a statement to the UN calling for the Mauritanian government to cease the harassment and arrest… Read More
Action Alert / 6 March 2020 Protect Mahmoud, the Somali professor accused of blasphemy for a Facebook post Prof. Jama Ahmed received public death threats on charges of blasphemy and apostasy. Humanists International calls for the Somali authorities… Read More
Advocacy News / 6 March 2020 Humanists International joins 11 NGOs supporting Cultural Rights Defenders, at UN At the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International joined 11 other civil society organisations to deliver… Read More