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General news / 17 May 2023

Upon adopting Mubarak Bala's case, Congressman Jamie Raskin called on President Buhari to grant him a pardon

Humanists At Risk / 22 June 2022

Maldivian activist Rusthum Russo faces judicial harassment

Status: Active

Case of Concern / Maldives / Apostasy laws / Under Threat

Membership blog / 27 September 2021 / Humanists International

A blog post by Zara Kay, Founder and Director of Faithless Hijabi

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Case of Concern / Sri Lanka / Apostasy laws / Under Threat

Advocacy blog / 5 August 2021 / Javan Lev Poblador

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, an antislavery activist and blogger from Mauritania who spent six years in prison and survived ‘death…

Advocacy News / 9 July 2021

Cheick Mkhaitir denounced the practice of slavery and the persecution of human rights defenders in his home country of Mauritania.

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

International Humanist and Ethical Union 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (21 June to 13 July 2021) Item…

Case of Concern / Egypt / Apostasy laws / In Exile

Campaigns blog / 20 October 2020 / Mohamed Hisham

Back in February 2018 the face of Mohamed Hisham went viral online. Referred to as “atheist berated on live TV”,…

Advocacy blog / 11 September 2020 / Elizabeth O'Casey

Our Director of Advocacy Elizabeth O'Casey talks about the day she met Cheick Ould Mohammed Mkhaitir

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