Advocacy Statement / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / Minority rights and criticism of religious nationalism ORAL STATEMENT Humanists International 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February – 4 April 2023) Item 3:… Read More
General news / 20 August 2021 Humanists approve historic resolution on the worldwide abolition of laws against blasphemy Members and Associates of Humanists International unanimously approved the resolution calling for the worldwide repeal of laws against blasphemy. Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2021 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR Statement on Mauritania International Humanist and Ethical Union 47th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (21 June to 13 July 2021) Item… Read More
Advocacy blog / 16 June 2021 / Lillie Ashworth New report sheds light on persecution of non-believers in Africa Non-believers in Africa lack legal protection, suffer political isolation and social intolerance, blogs Leo Igwe. Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2021 Humanists International at UN: justice for Asad Noor and Ashraf Fayadh is long overdue Humanists International took the floor to remind Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia of their moral and legal obligation to uphold the… Read More
Action Alert / 22 February 2021 Mubarak Bala spends his 300th day in arbitrary detention In protest at Mubarak's ongoing arbitrary detention, humanist activists across the globe will be observing a symbolic 300 second silence;… Read More
General news / 16 February 2021 Bangladeshi court gave verdict on Avijit Roy’s murder suspects Six years after the att, a court in Bangladesh has sentenced the murderers of Avijit Roy. Read More
Humanists International News / 10 December 2020 Pandemic measures misused to roll-back rights of humanists and the non-religious, new report shows Humanists International launches the Freedom of Thought Report 2020 Read More
4 December 2020 Humanists International joins NGOs calling for release of Saudi women’s rights defenders Several female activists have been subjected to torture, sexual violence and other ill-treatment whilst arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia. Read More
Advocacy News / 25 November 2020 Dutch Humanists present the Freedom of Thought Report to the Dutch Parliament The Dutch Humanist Association brings awareness to the specific problems faced by non-religious people, atheists, freethinkers, and humanists to the… Read More