Humanists in Malta
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and the European Humanist Federation (EHF) held their respective General Assemblies in Valletta…
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Witnessing Horror in Father’s Dream Land: Tribute to a Believer in Free Speech
Rumana Hashem asks how the horrors of mob killing — including many unreported incidents — is destroying the social fabric of…
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Two LGBT activists are latest victims of serial killings in Bangladesh
Two LGBT activists have been hacked to death at a house in Kalabagan, Dhaka. Xulhaz Mannan was editor of the LGBT magazine Roopbaan and…
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Academic hacked to death in Bangladesh
Early this morning (Saturday 23 April) a university lecturer was hacked to death in Bangladesh. Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was a teacher…
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Death sentence upheld against Mauritanian blogger for “insulting” Islam
An appeals court in Mauritania yesterday upheld a death sentence handed down to Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir in December 2014 for “apostasy”. The International…
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Young writer sentenced to death for “apostasy” will get appeal – but no lawyer
A young Mauritanian writer, Mohamed Cheikh Ould M’kheitir, sentenced to death for “apostasy” in 2014, will have his appeal heard later…
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Tutul: the Survivor – An interview with the target of a Bangladesh machete attack
Following the murder of four atheist bloggers in Bangladesh throughout 2015, on October 31 two secular publishers were hit in a coordinated attack. At Jagriti…
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Atheist student Nazimuddin Samad killed in Bangladesh
A Masters student, Nazimuddin Samad (28), has been killed in Old Dhaka, earlier tonight by suspected Islamist militants chanting “Allahu Akbar” as they…
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“Tense Times”: Freedom of Expression and Religion or Belief at the UN
IHEU director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, reflects on the relationship between the rights to expression and religion or belief and…
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On nationalism and the scapegoating of minorities
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General…
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These five countries are trying to delete “human rights defenders” from the UN resolution on protecting human rights defenders
Update 24 March: See the end of this post for results… A vital motion to be considered by the UN Human Rights Council,…
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