Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

International Human Rights Day 2020 is coming up and here is an early save the date for the Humanists International.

Since 2012 Humanists International has published the Freedom of Thought Report to monitor the rights and treatment of humanists, atheists and non-religious people in every country in the world. This year, the thematic focus of the Report is COVID-19, and its impact on the non-religious people globally. In particular we have seen the establishment of restrictions on:

– Women’s rights
– Media freedom, protest and access to information
– Individuals at risk

Here is the list of the event speakers:- Andrew Copson
President of Humanists International

– Dr Ahmed Shaheed
UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

– Emma Wadsworth-Jones
Humanists International’s Casework & Campaigns Manager

– Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir
Mauritanian blogger and anti-slavery activist

– Debbie Goddard,
Vice-President of American Atheists

– Rev. Fred Davie,
Commissioner of The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

The event will be live-streamed on Facebook on 10 December at 15.00 UTC.No registration is needed. Access is free. We are going to share the link of the live streaming with you in due time.Confirm your participation
to the event on Facebook now!

See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2016/06/15/humanists-calls-on-un-to-stop-reprisals-against-human-rights-defenders/

https://humanists.international/civi?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=573

This entry was posted on November 10, 2020 at 11:29 and is filed under books, Human Rights Defenders.

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