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Campaigns / 6 August 2020

Wole Soyinka’s message of solidarity to Mubarak Bala

Wole Soyinka writes to fellow humanist Mubarak Bala on his one hundredth day in detention, sharing a message of hope,…

Action Alert - Live / 4 August 2020

Bangladesh should drop spurious charges against blogger Asad Noor

Noor has been charged with ‘spreading rumours’ and ‘defaming Islam’. Authorities in Bangladesh are threatening his family in retribution.

Action Alert / 24 July 2020

Police refuse to comply with court order granting Mubarak Bala access to his legal team

Police refuse to comply with the Magistrate’s court order granting Bala access to his legal team in a clear violation…

Action Alert - Live / 21 July 2020

Sri Lankan rationalist summoned by police for questioning

Indika Rathnayake summoned by police after a Buddhist monk accused him of propagating fictitious ideas about Buddha and Buddhism.

Action Alert - Live / 15 July 2020

Case against Sri Lankan writer for hurting religious sentiments should be dropped

Award-winning Sri Lankan writer, Shakthika Sathkumara, stands accused of having hurt the religious feelings of Buddhists and advocated hatred in…

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 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 8: Follow-up and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action /

Blasphemy laws in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 33rd Session (13th – 30th September 2016) General Debate: Item 8 This statement…

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…

Campaigns / 8 July 2020

A message from Leo Igwe, ten weeks after Mubarak Bala’s arrest

Leo Igwe is the founder of the Humanist Association of Nigeria who dedicated his whole life to humanism, fighting against…

Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Saudi / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention /

Ashraf Fayadh: the Palestinian poet imprisoned in Saudi Arabia

ORAL STATEMEN International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) General Debate on…

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