Advocacy Statement / 2022 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / Leena Manimekalai Oral statement International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 51st Session (12 September – 7 October) General Debate… Read More
General news / 4 October 2022 India: Concern for ongoing harassment of filmmaker Leena Manimekalai Threats against Leena Manimekalai circulate in Toronto neighborhoods Read More
Advocacy News / 2 October 2022 At UN, prominent Nigerian humanist demands freedom for Mubarak Bala Dr. Leo Igwe spoke before the Council to condemn the unjust sentencing of Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala, and to call… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2022 / Nigeria / International Humanist and Ethical Union / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / Update on Mubarak Bala Oral statement International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 51st Session (12 September – 1 April 2022) General… Read More
General news / 12 September 2022 Nigeria: Bala’s lawyers meet with German Special Envoy German Special Envoy on FoRB, Frank Schwabe, meets with Nigerians leading the fight for Mubarak Bala Read More
Humanists At Risk / 15 August 2022 Maldives: Concerns for safety of social media activist following conviction Maldivian human rights defender facing increased threats following conviction Read More
Status: Active Case of Concern / Canada / Blasphemy laws / Under Investigation Leena Manimekalai Read More
Campaigns / 5 August 2022 India: drop investigations into filmmaker Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai faces accusations of “hurting religious sentiments” in connection with her documentary short ‘Kaali’ Read More
Campaigns / 1 July 2022 Nigeria: Court inefficiencies delay appeal process in case of Mubarak Bala Fears that the delay in the transferral of Bala’s court records will unduly prolong his quest for justice Read More
28 June 2022 Send a message of hope and solidarity to Mubarak Bala and his family This month, as we celebrate World Humanist Day, we must not forget those who are unable to live life true… Read More
Casework blog / 27 June 2022 / Emma Wadsworth-Jones How universal are our human rights – the case of Mubarak Bala Read More