IHEU calls for a new focus on racism
International bodies are prone to treating racism as a largely “western” phenomenon, sometimes ignoring the continuation of racially based discrimination…
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Human Rights in Mauritania: Slavery, Forced Marriage and Death for Apostasy
On 13 September 2013, in collaboration with the anti-slavery association IRA-Mauritanie and Center for Inquiry USA, IHEU hosted a seminar…
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IHEU: Mauritania is making little progress on abolishing slavery
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has again crticised Mauritania for its failures to tackle endemic slavery in the…
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OIC attacks free expression while ignoring real human rights crises – IHEU
In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation…
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Humanists attack modern day slavery – UN Human Rights Council
Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains…
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IHEU criticizes Mauritania over slavery and the death penalty for homosexuals
The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18…
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IHEU silenced at UN for attempting to question the role of Islam in the persistence of slavery
It was just three years ago that the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour said "there can be no taboos…
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UN Human Rights Council: Universal Human Rights “Under Threat”
Geneva, Switzerland -- In four statements to the United Nations (UN), made on Sept. 22, 2009, the International Humanist and…
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IHEU protests modern slavery in Sudan and Mauritania
In a joint statement with the Association for World Education, IHEU has strongly criticised the continuation of chattel slavery affecting…
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