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Authorities in Pakistan have again been accused of harassing peaceful human rights defenders, following the detention of civil society activist…

Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani has been convicted to pay €4000 for blasphemy for having compared the Catholic Church to a…

Humanists concerned about attempts to vilify and silence human rights defender Panayote Dimitras

In its final statement at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International has renewed its call…

Norway's constitutional assertions of national Christian values and the privileged position of the church "send a signal of exclusion", humanists…

"Religions don’t have rights, people do. And this includes religious and non-religious minorities, LGBTI+ people, women, and children."

Humanists International warns of threats to freedom of assembly and association in OSCE countries

"No girl, let alone a rape survivor, should be forced into carrying a pregnancy to term against her choice."

Child marriage leads to maternal mortality, with 70,000 girls needlessly dying in child birth every year.

States are making laws based on religious grounds that are incompatible with their obligations on the human rights of children.

Humanists International at the United Nations has castigated states such as Iran, Morocco and Saudi Arabia for their treatment of…