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Campaigns / 22 April 2016

Death sentence upheld against Mauritanian blogger for “insulting” Islam

An appeals court in Mauritania yesterday upheld a death sentence handed down to Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir in December 2014 for “apostasy”. The International…

5 January 2015

IHEU condemns death sentence for “apostasy”, handed to writer in Mauritania

A writer in Mauritania has been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, putting the crime of leaving Islam on a par with the country’s…

Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Kuwait / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action /

Slavery and the Durban Declaration

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) General Debate, Item 9: Racism, racial…

Advocacy Statement / 2014 / China / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Contemporary forms of slavery

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) Interactive Dialogue with SR on Contemporary…

General news / 24 September 2014

What the world avoids talking about: Contemporary forms of slavery are rampant in many Arab states

There is slavery, including descent-based slavery, forced labour, and trafficking, endemic in many states in south and western Asia, and…

General news / 19 September 2014

29,000,000 human beings: IHEU highlights widespread domestic and sexual slavery

There are more than 29 million people living in slavery across the world. From Sudan to Pakistan, there are people…

Advocacy Statement / 2013 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Joint statement on the persistence of slavery

Center for Inquiry Joint statement with IHEU and British Humanist Association UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: 22nd Session (25 February to…

General news / 4 March 2013

Humanists attack modern day slavery – UN Human Rights Council

Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains…

Humanists International News / 15 September 2010

IHEU silenced at UN for attempting to question the role of Islam in the persistence of slavery

It was just three years ago that the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour said "there can be no taboos…

Advocacy News / 20 January 2022

Humanists International’s member organizations participate in UPR workshop

During the training, 21 participants from 12 member organizations learned about how to engage effectively with the process.

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