Victims of religious persecution Archives - Page 5 of 21

Advocacy Statement / 2019 / Pakistan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention /

International Humanist and Ethical Union 41st Session of the UN Human Rights Council (24th June – 12th July 2019) General…

General news / 13 November 2019

While several countries have repealed 'blasphemy' laws since 2015, many others still continue to prosecute, and in some countries 'blasphemy'…

Campaigns blog / 25 April 2019 / Humanists International

"Many people will tell you that this is the fringe... But sometimes the fringe becomes the centre."

Campaigns blog / 8 March 2019 / Jessica McDonald

Rahaf al-Qunun is singular in her courage and tenacity. Yet she is not the first and will not be the…

Campaigns / 5 March 2019

Humanists International reminds the Human Rights Council that 'blasphemy' and 'apostasy' laws violate the human rights of both religious and…

Humanists International event / 24 April 19 - 24 April 19

An event to discuss together the rise of Islamist and Hindutva fundamentalism in Bangladesh and India respectively, with a panel…

General news / 7 January 2019

The plight of a 20-year-old woman from Saudi Arabia, intending to seek asylum in Australia, has gone viral under the…

Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Bangladesh / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review /

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) UPR: Bangladesh…

31 October 2018

One of the world’s most infamous convictions for ‘blasphemy’ has been overturned by the Supreme Court in Pakistan. IHEU calls…

Humanists International News / 29 October 2018

In a world first, a list of the best and worst countries to be an atheist has been published. The…

30 September 2018

An unprecedented international coalition of people accused of “blasphemy” in their home countries has called on the “people of Ireland”…

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