Blasphemy and apostasy laws perpetuating slavery in Mauritania
ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (11 September to 13 October 2023) Item 3:…
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UN passes contested resolution condemning “desecration of sacred books and religious symbols”
Members of the UN Human Rights Council have voted in support of a resolution brought by Pakistan condemning religious hatred…
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Statement for Urgent Debate on public acts of religious hatred as manifested by recurrent desecration of the Holy Quran
ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 53rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (19 June 2023 to 14 July 2023) Urgent…
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Nigeria: Members of US Congress unite to call for pardon of Mubarak Bala
Members of US Congress call for a pardon for Mubarak Bala
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US Congressman calls for pardon of Mubarak Bala
Upon adopting Mubarak Bala's case, Congressman Jamie Raskin called on President Buhari to grant him a pardon
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European Parliament urges Nigerian authorities to release Mubarak Bala
In a resolution adopted during its April Plenary session, the European Parliament has condemned the use of blasphemy laws and called for…
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NGOs file UN petition to free Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala on the 3rd anniversary of his arrest
On the 3rd anniversary of Bala's detention, Humanists International has filed an updated appeal with the UN Working Group on…
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Nigeria: one year on from sentencing, let Mubarak know that he is not forgotten
5 April marks one year since Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Send him a…
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At UN, humanists urge Finland to decriminalize “blasphemy”
Humanists International, the Finnish Humanist Association and the Union of Freethinkers of Finland have jointly called on Finland to revoke…
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UPR Statement on Finland
ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International UN Human Rights Council, 52nd session (27 February – 4 April 2023) Item 6: UPR Outcome…
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At European Parliament, Italian humanists condemn rise of religious nationalism
In January, Adele Orioli, Director of Advocacy at the UAAR, spoke at an event on the topic of “liberal democracy”,…
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