Victims of religious persecution Archives

General news / 20 August 2021

Members and Associates of Humanists International unanimously approved the resolution calling for the worldwide repeal of laws against blasphemy.

Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

International Humanist and Ethical Union 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (21 June to 13 July 2021) Item…

Case of Concern / Egypt / Apostasy laws / In Exile

Advocacy blog / 16 June 2021 / Lillie Ashworth

Non-believers in Africa lack legal protection, suffer political isolation and social intolerance, blogs Leo Igwe.

Advocacy News / 16 March 2021

Humanists International took the floor to remind Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia of their moral and legal obligation to uphold the…

Action Alert / 22 February 2021

In protest at Mubarak's ongoing arbitrary detention, humanist activists across the globe will be observing a symbolic 300 second silence;…

General news / 16 February 2021

Six years after the att, a court in Bangladesh has sentenced the murderers of Avijit Roy.

Humanists International News / 10 December 2020

Humanists International launches the Freedom of Thought Report 2020

4 December 2020

Several female activists have been subjected to torture, sexual violence and other ill-treatment whilst arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia.

Advocacy News / 25 November 2020

The Dutch Humanist Association brings awareness to the specific problems faced by non-religious people, atheists, freethinkers, and humanists to the…

General news / 30 October 2020

The President and Chief Executive of Humanists International have written to the President of France to express sympathy and solidarity…

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