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Advocacy News / 27 September 2022

Caste discrimination fuels modern slavery practices in India, says Indian humanist activist at UN

Humanist activist from India links caste discrimination to modern slavery practices.

Advocacy Statement / 2022 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Caste and modern slavery practices in India

Oral statement International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 51st Session (12 September – 7 October 2022) Interactive…

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Case of Concern / Canada / Blasphemy laws / Under Investigation

Leena Manimekalai

Advocacy News / 1 April 2022

Challenging caste prejudice now considered ‘terrorism’ in India, Humanists tell UN

Activists working at the intersection of land rights, gender and caste are facing increasing attacks from India’s right-wing, nationalist government.

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action /

Freedom of expression and association in India

Oral statement International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 49th Session (28 February – 1 April 2022) General…

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 / 8 January 2021

Freethought Lebanon and SOCH Nepal submit human rights reports to UN UPR

The UPR submissions will provide essential, firsthand facts to support the review of Lebanon and Nepal's human rights framework.

22 July 2020

Humanist activist calls for a moratorium on forced evictions in India

Humanists oppose India's policy of forced evictions against families in marginalised and low-income communities.

Campaigns / 1 August 2019

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir freed after 6 years in detention

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

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

Attacks on Dalit Rationalists

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March…

Advocacy Statement / 2018 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action /

Caste discrimination and the practice of manual scavenging

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General…

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