Advocacy Statement / 2023 / UN Human Rights Council / Urgent Debate / Statement for Urgent Debate on public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (19 June 2023 to 14 July 2023) Urgent… Read More
Advocacy News / 11 July 2023 At UN, Humanists highlight suppression of expression, and persecution of belief minorities, in Sri Lanka In a statement made during the 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International has criticized Sri Lanka… Read More
Fundraising blog / 14 June 2023 / Contributor Humanists at Risk: Sahadat’s Story Sahadat shares his experiences of being an atheist in Bangladesh and the difficulties he has faced since being targeted by… Read More
Humanists At Risk / 31 May 2023 Bangladesh: Facebook blocks domestic access to blogger’s posts Domestic access to human rights activist and secular blogger, Asad Noor's Facebook page blocked in Bangladesh Read More
Humanists At Risk / 26 May 2023 Nigeria: Members of US Congress unite to call for pardon of Mubarak Bala Members of US Congress call for a pardon for Mubarak Bala Read More
General news / 17 May 2023 US Congressman calls for pardon of Mubarak Bala Upon adopting Mubarak Bala's case, Congressman Jamie Raskin called on President Buhari to grant him a pardon Read More
Advocacy News / 5 May 2023 European Parliament urges Nigerian authorities to release Mubarak Bala In a resolution adopted during its April Plenary session, the European Parliament has condemned the use of blasphemy laws and called for… Read More
Advocacy News / 28 April 2023 NGOs file UN petition to free Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala on the 3rd anniversary of his arrest On the 3rd anniversary of Bala's detention, Humanists International has filed an updated appeal with the UN Working Group on… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 5 April 2023 Nigeria: one year on from sentencing, let Mubarak know that he is not forgotten 5 April marks one year since Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Send him a… Read More
Advocacy News / 31 March 2023 At UN, humanists urge Finland to decriminalize “blasphemy” Humanists International, the Finnish Humanist Association and the Union of Freethinkers of Finland have jointly called on Finland to revoke… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2023 / Finland / UN Human Rights Council / Universal Periodic Review / UPR Statement on Finland ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International UN Human Rights Council, 52nd session (27 February – 4 April 2023) Item 6: UPR Outcome… Read More
