Humanists At Risk / 11 August 2022 Greece: cease judicial harassment of human rights defender In the coming months, humanist and human rights advocate Panayote Dimitras faces multiple trials, accused of "filing a false complaint" Read More
Advocacy News / 10 August 2022 Belgian humanists condemn lack of abortion access for Ukrainian refugees In a speech to the European Parliament, the President of Centre d’Action Laïque has condemned restrictions on abortion access faced… Read More
Status: Active Case of Concern / Canada / Blasphemy laws / Under Investigation Leena Manimekalai Read More
Campaigns / 5 August 2022 India: drop investigations into filmmaker Poet and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai faces accusations of “hurting religious sentiments” in connection with her documentary short ‘Kaali’ Read More
/ 20 October 22 - 22 October 22 Conference: The Non-religious and the State: Choices and Frameworks for Seculars from the Age of Revolution to the Current Day The conference will result in the presentation of over 30 papers on a variety of topics and national contexts about… Read More
Casework blog / 28 July 2022 / Emma Wadsworth-Jones We have the tools to influence change, now we must use them In this blog, Humanists International’s Casework & Campaigns Manager, Emma Wadsworth-Jones reflects on some of the challenges of supporting humanists… Read More
Members and partners / 19 July 2022 Abortion deleted from UK Government-organised international human rights statement The revised human rights statement removes all references to ‘sexual and reproductive rights’ and ‘bodily autonomy’. Read More
Advocacy News / 13 July 2022 Humanists International welcomes new Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief The UN Human Rights Council has appointed Dr. Nazila Ghanea as the new Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or… Read More
Membership blog / 11 July 2022 / Contributor Abortion in Malta A blog post by Joanna Onions, a committee member of Humanists Malta Read More
Advocacy News / 8 July 2022 UN renews expert mandate on sexual orientation and gender identity The mandate’s renewal will ensure that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) will remain a… Read More
General news / 7 July 2022 Humanists well-represented at International FoRB Ministerial Humanists make their voices heard among hundreds of delegates attending FoRB Ministerial in London, 5-6 July 2022 #FoRBforall Read More