India: Supreme Court rules in favor of filmmaker
Indian Supreme Court rules that filmmaker Leena Manimekalai should not be arrested
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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…
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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…
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Statement during special session on Iran
International Humanist and Ethical Union Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council 35th Special Session: The deteriorating situation of human rights…
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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…
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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…
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Humanists Barbados highlights slow progress on human rights commitments in UN report
The report addresses issues including the abolition of the death penalty, LGBTI+ rights, gender equality, and the right of freedom…
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India called out at UN for harassment of filmmaker who depicted Hindu goddess in film
Leena Manimekalai has been subjected to a campaign of judicial harassment in India in retaliation for her film, which depicted…
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Leena Manimekalai
Oral statement International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 51st Session (12 September – 7 October) General Debate…
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India: Concern for ongoing harassment of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai
Threats against Leena Manimekalai circulate in Toronto neighborhoods
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