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Advocacy blog / 5 August 2021 / Javan Lev Poblador

“Writing was my way of fighting against untouchability in Mauritania”: interview with Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir

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

Mauritania continues to persecute anti-slavery activists, Cheick Mkhaitir tells UN

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 /

UPR Statement on Mauritania

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

Mohamed Hisham

Campaigns blog / 20 October 2020 / Mohamed Hisham

أنا محمد وأنا ملحد مصري – I am Mohamed and I am an Egyptian atheist

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 / E O'Casey

Meeting Cheick

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

General news / 14 July 2020

Human rights victory as Sudan abolishes death sentence for apostasy

Humanists International welcomes progressive criminal justice reforms in Sudan

Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Arrest of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 33rd Session (13th September – 30th September 2016) General…

Advocacy Statement / 2017 / Bangladesh / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Interactive dialogue with Ahmed Shaheed on freedom of expression

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 34th Session (27th February – 31st March 2017) Interactive Dialogue…

Advocacy Statement / 2017 / Algeria / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action /

Apostasy laws in Muslim majority countries

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 34th Session General Debate, Item 9: Contemporary Forms of Racism, Xenophobia…

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