Action Alert - Live / 2 February 2021 Legal team seek relocation of Mubarak Bala to neutral territory The legal team have filed a motion to have Mubarak moved to Abuja where he will be safer. Read More
Members and partners / 2 February 2021 Council of Ex-Muslims of Sri Lanka held its 5th General Assembly despite threats The AGM was held in a climate of tension and fear due to growing threats against the non-religious community in… Read More
Advocacy News / 29 January 2021 Council of Europe passes resolutions on ethical vaccine policy and ethnic profiling Humanists International reports on key developments from the "hybrid" Winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Read More
Advocacy News / 8 January 2021 Freethought Lebanon and SOCH Nepal submit human rights reports to UN UPR The UPR submissions will provide essential, firsthand facts to support the review of Lebanon and Nepal's human rights framework. Read More
Action Alert - Live / 21 December 2020 Mubarak Bala must be released, says Abuja High Court The ruling in which the judge declared Bala’s continuous incarceration as illegal and ordered his immediate release. Read More
Advocacy News / 15 December 2020 Humanists reaffirm importance of FoRB in the context of all human rights On Human Rights Day, Humanists International took part in an event to reaffirm the human rights nature of FoRB in… Read More
Action Alert - Live / 10 December 2020 High Court hearing in the case of Mubarak Bala postponed High Court hearing in case of Mubarak Bala postponed to 21 December due to a case backlog. Read More
Humanists International News / 10 December 2020 Pandemic measures misused to roll-back rights of humanists and the non-religious, new report shows Humanists International launches the Freedom of Thought Report 2020 Read More
Advocacy News / 9 December 2020 Humanists International Testifies at US Federal Hearing on Global Blasphemy Laws Humanists International Directory of Advocacy, Elizabeth O'Casey, testified at a USCIRF hearing on how the United States can effectively work… Read More
Advocacy News / 9 December 2020 At African Commission, Cheick Mkhaitir and Humanists International raise four cases of concern The statement addressed the situation of Mubarak Bala in Nigeria and the persecution of human rights defenders in 3 other… Read More
4 December 2020 Humanists International joins NGOs calling for release of Saudi women’s rights defenders Several female activists have been subjected to torture, sexual violence and other ill-treatment whilst arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia. Read More