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Campaigns / 1 August 2019

Sentenced to death in 2014 following accusations of "blasphemy" and "apostasy", Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir has now been freed and…

Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Cyprus / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

International Humanist and Ethical Union 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (24th June – 12th July 2019) Universal…

Advocacy Statement / 2019 / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action /

International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019) General Debate…

General news / 9 May 2019

Religion does not trump human rights, Humanists International has argued at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, reiterating…

Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Egypt / African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights /

International Humanist and Ethical Union Oral Statement Human Rights Situation in Africa 64th Session of the African Commission on Human…

General news / 3 April 2019

Harsh new laws based on Sharia come into force today in Brunei, despite international condemnation.

General news / 14 March 2019

"I don’t believe in God. I don’t believe in Wahhabism. I believe women are equal to men. I believe in…

Campaigns / 5 March 2019

Humanists International reminds the Human Rights Council that 'blasphemy' and 'apostasy' laws violate the human rights of both religious and…

Campaigns / 5 March 2019

Politicians in New Zealand have voted to abolish "outdated" criminal law including "blasphemous libel"

Humanists International event / 24 April 19 - 24 April 19

An event to discuss together the rise of Islamist and Hindutva fundamentalism in Bangladesh and India respectively, with a panel…

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