Sexual violence in Calais refugee camp
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31th Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) ID…
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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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Freedom of Thought Report 2015
Today the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is launching the Freedom of Thought Report 2015 at the European Parliament in…
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Silence of Human Rights Council on ISIS crimes
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 30th Session (14th September – 2nd October 2015) General…
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Police brutality and racism in American criminal justice system highlighted by IHEU
In the wake of the white supremacist killing of nine African-Americans in Charleston, and the fatal shootings of four unarmed…
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IHEU condemns death sentences for nine accused of blasphemy in Nigeria #SaveKanoNine
In the past few days the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has written to senior figures in Nigeria urging…
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“Raif Badawi is Charlie”
Humanist organizations have been among the chorus of human rights groups, activists, and governments internationally, calling for the release of persecuted…
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IHEU: “call it what it is — Saudi Arabia’s flogging of Raif Badawi is barbarity and torture, plain and simple”
It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The…
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IHEU condemns death sentence for “apostasy”, handed to writer in Mauritania
A writer in Mauritania has been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, putting the crime of leaving Islam on a par with the country’s…
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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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