From the UN: Population, Women and Resources
This week the world’s population officially reached seven billion people. Yet United Nations (UN) projections now suggest that the world’s…
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Declaración de Oslo sobre la Paz
El Congreso Humanista Mundial, reunido en Oslo, Noruega, del 12 al 14 de
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Pope attacks atheism at Assisi inter-faith meeting; Italian freethinkers reply that “he has a bad conscience”
The Vatican made a big publicity push out of Pope Benedict XVI’s personal initiative to invite atheists to this week’s…
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Humanists challenge European Union’s discrimination against non-religious
The European Humanist Federation (EHF) has accused the European Commission of discriminating against non-religious organizations. EHF has lodged a complaint…
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Humanist leader Rob Buckman dies
When Rob Buckman – Humanist, oncologist, and TV personality – realized he was dying from an autoimmune disease, he thought…
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From the United Nations: World Malaria Day 2011
Malaria has been a human scourge for thousands of years. One of the United Nations major health goals is to…
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IHEU Representative Leo Igwe leaving Africa
Leo Igwe is stepping down as International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) Representative for Western and Southern Africa, in order…
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IHEU pleads for equality for all under the law
According to the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, European policies of multiculturalism have “utterly failed”. Certainly, when intolerance and discrimination are…
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IHEU questions the need for “complementary standards” on freedom of expression
The 57 Islamic States and their allies have for several years been pushing the Human Rights Council to tighten international…
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Humanists attract Icelandic MPs
One in five Icelandic Members of Parliament (MPs) went to a Humanist event to mark the opening of parliament on…
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