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

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

General news / 26 November 2019

Denied permission to travel despite their being no official court order, Ahmed Harkan has begun a hunger strike

General news / 13 November 2019

While several countries have repealed 'blasphemy' laws since 2015, many others still continue to prosecute, and in some countries 'blasphemy'…

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

International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March 2019) UPR:…

25 October 2019

Authorities in Pakistan have again been accused of harassing peaceful human rights defenders, following the detention of civil society activist…

General news / 24 October 2019

Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani has been convicted to pay €4000 for blasphemy for having compared the Catholic Church to a…

General news / 15 October 2019

Humanists concerned about attempts to vilify and silence human rights defender Panayote Dimitras

General news / 3 October 2019

In its final statement at the 42nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, Humanists International has renewed its call…

General news / 2 October 2019

"Religions don’t have rights, people do. And this includes religious and non-religious minorities, LGBTI+ people, women, and children."

Campaigns / 1 August 2019

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

Campaigns blog / 10 July 2019 / Humanists International

There are millions of humanists around the world, but some of them must live in hiding. Here's why.

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