Mashal Khan and blasphemy laws in Pakistan
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) “In Pakistan,…
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UPR statement on Qatar
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council,…
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ISIS abuses in Iraq
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) General Debate, Item 4 The current…
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Anti-slavery campaigner and IHEU partner faces political charges in Mauritania
Anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid was arrested on 10 November in Mauritania. The award-winning human rights campaigner has worked with…
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UPR Statement on Norway
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) Universal Periodic Review (UPR): Norway ORAL…
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A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld
On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of…
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Atheist detained as a psychiatric patient still needs your help
This summer, IHEU reported on the case of an atheist, Mubarak Bala, detained in a psychiatric ward because he was an…
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Freedom of Expression and Universal Human Rights at the Human Rights Council
IHEU's Head of Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, Elizabeth O'Casey, blogs on the threat to vital values at the…
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Religious law, prison for “blasphemy”, severe sexual inequalilty: Qatar’s human rights review
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised serious concerns about the situation for freedom of religion, belief, expression…
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New Sharia law, harsh penalties, worse to come: Brunei’s human rights review
Earlier this year, Brunei started the process of introducing Sharia law into its penal code. The new Penal Code contains…
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Church-state entanglement and pushing religious values: Norway’s human rights review
In association with its member organisation, the Norwegian Humanist Association, Human-Etisk Forbund (NHA), the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has…
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