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Humanists UK condemns death sentence for Iranian student over ‘blasphemous’ post
Najmeh Amini, a 23-year-old accounting student, has been sentenced to death in Iran for…
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Humanists International calls for the repeal of “blasphemy” laws as UN experts warn of rising far-right extremism
The post Humanists International calls for the repeal of “blasphemy” laws as UN experts…
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Human Rights Defenders Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen Face Up to 20 Years in Prison Amid Escalating Judicial Harassment
The post Human Rights Defenders Panayote Dimitras and Tommy Olsen Face Up to 20…
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Humanists International calls for reaffirmation of rights of non-religious at OSCE
The post Humanists International calls for reaffirmation of rights of non-religious at OSCE appeared…
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Humanists International calls for recognition of the limits of the right to freedom of religion or belief at OSCE
The post Humanists International calls for recognition of the limits of the right to…
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Remembering Alexandre Marius Dées de Stério, 20 years on
The post Remembering Alexandre Marius Dées de Stério, 20 years on appeared first on…
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Imprisoned convert denied access to Bible, threatened with death for apostasy
A Christian convert serving a sentence of over nine years in Evin Prison has…
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Iranian civil society organisations need ‘sustained support’, says UN expert
The chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFMI) has…
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Wife of jailed pastor summoned to serve her own sentence
The wife of an Iranian-Armenian pastor who has been in Evin Prison since February…
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