Advocacy News / 10 February 2023 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”,… Read More
General news / 6 February 2023 Algeria: acquittal of humanist academic is a victory for the right to freedom of religion or belief On 1 February, a court in Algeria overturned the conviction of humanist academic Said Djabelkhir Read More
General news / 25 January 2023 India: Supreme Court rules in favor of filmmaker Indian Supreme Court rules that filmmaker Leena Manimekalai should not be arrested Read More
General news / 23 January 2023 Nigeria: 1,000 days without Mubarak Bala Mubarak Bala spends 1000th day in a cell Read More
Humanists International News / 8 December 2022 Report reveals the impact of the precarious state of secularism globally 11th edition of Freedom of Thought Report exposes that only 4% of the global population live in societies that are… Read More
Advocacy News / 24 November 2022 Iran: UN votes to establish fact finding mission to document abuses related to repression of protests In support of the resolution, Humanists International argued that "State violence in Iran is enabled by institutionalized impunity for mass… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2022 / Iran / UN Human Rights Council / Urgent Debate / Statement during special session on Iran International Humanist and Ethical Union Oral Statement UN Human Rights Council 35th Special Session: The deteriorating situation of human rights… Read More
Humanists At Risk / 17 November 2022 Nigeria: legal team file brief in appeal of Mubarak Bala On 15 November 2022, the legal team acting on behalf of Mubarak Bala filed a Brief of Argument with the… Read More
Campaigns / 8 November 2022 New BBC documentary highlights Mubarak Bala and the challenges atheists face in Nigeria Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, is currently serving a 24-year prison sentence, in connection with a… Read More
Advocacy News / 25 October 2022 Humanists Barbados highlights slow progress on human rights commitments in UN report The report addresses issues including the abolition of the death penalty, LGBTI+ rights, gender equality, and the right of freedom… Read More
Advocacy News / 5 October 2022 India called out at UN for harassment of filmmaker who depicted Hindu goddess in film Leena Manimekalai has been subjected to a campaign of judicial harassment in India in retaliation for her film, which depicted… Read More