Victims of religious persecution Archives - Page 12 of 20

Humanists International News / 10 December 2014

“Atheists, humanists and liberals” now targeted as a distinct minority by “hate campaigns” — report

Non-religious people are being targeted by “hate campaigns” in countries around the world, as a distinct minority group, the latest…

Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Pakistan / UN Human Rights Council /

Mashal Khan and blasphemy laws in Pakistan

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) “In Pakistan,…

Campaigns / 18 November 2014

Anti-slavery campaigner and IHEU partner faces political charges in Mauritania

Anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid was arrested on 10 November in Mauritania. The award-winning human rights campaigner has worked with…

General news / 17 October 2014

A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld

On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of…

Action Alert / 3 October 2014

Atheist detained as a psychiatric patient still needs your help

This summer, IHEU reported on the case of an atheist, Mubarak Bala, detained in a psychiatric ward because he was an…

General news / 22 September 2014

Religious law, prison for “blasphemy”, severe sexual inequalilty: Qatar’s human rights review

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised serious concerns about the situation for freedom of religion, belief, expression…

Campaigns / 17 September 2014

ISIS: States across the region share in the responsibility, having promoted an ideology of supremacism and violence

Representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva spoke this morning about ISIS,…

Action Alert / 15 September 2014

Act now to #FreeRaif: Calling for freedom gets you 10 Years, 1000 lashes, in Saudi Arabia

Time is running out for a young activist who called for greater freedom, and now faces devastating corporal punishment and a decade…

Conferences / 12 August 2014

Wole Soyinka’s International Humanist Award acceptance speech – full text

Nobel Laureate and staunch defender of freedom and humanism, Wole Soyinka, joined Pakistani women’s rights activist, Gulalai Ismail, in being…

Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Imprisoned for blasphemy and apostasy: two cases

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 25th Session (3rd – 28th March 2014) Agenda Item 4: General Debate IMPRISONED…

Campaigns / 3 July 2014

Mubarak Bala is free

WARNING: This article is from 2014, when Mubarak Bala was freed from the psychiatric ward where he was detained against…

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