Protect Mahmoud, the Somali professor accused of blasphemy for a Facebook post
Prof. Jama Ahmed received public death threats on charges of blasphemy and apostasy. Humanists International calls for the Somali authorities…
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#JeSuisMila: how Muslim fundamentalists ruined the life of a French girl
The story of a 16-year-old French girl who was forced to go into hiding after she received thousands of death…
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Blasphemy laws abolished in Ireland
Ireland has become the eighth country to abolish its "blasphemy" law since 2015.
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Raif Badawi in isolation, 5 years after his first 50 lashes
On the fifth anniversary of the first 50 lashes administered on Raif Badawi Humanists International and other human rights organizations…
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UPR statement on Malaysia
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March…
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UPR statement on Brunei
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019)…
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UPR statement on Norway
International Humanist and Ethical Union 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (9th – 27th September 2019) Universal Periodic…
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Egyptian secularist facing arbitrary travel ban, now on hunger strike
Denied permission to travel despite their being no official court order, Ahmed Harkan has begun a hunger strike
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Freedom of Thought Report 2019 warns of “growing divide” on blasphemy laws
While several countries have repealed 'blasphemy' laws since 2015, many others still continue to prosecute, and in some countries 'blasphemy'…
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UPR Statement on Saudi Arabia
International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March 2019) UPR:…
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Mohammad Ismail detention – Further harassment of human rights defenders in Pakistan
Authorities in Pakistan have again been accused of harassing peaceful human rights defenders, following the detention of civil society activist…
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