25 September 2013 IHEU calls for a new focus on racism International bodies are prone to treating racism as a largely “western” phenomenon, sometimes ignoring the continuation of racially based discrimination… Read More
Members and partners / 16 September 2013 Human Rights in Mauritania: Slavery, Forced Marriage and Death for Apostasy On 13 September 2013, in collaboration with the anti-slavery association IRA-Mauritanie and Center for Inquiry USA, IHEU hosted a seminar… Read More
General news / 12 June 2013 Russia waves through two illiberal new laws, as Nigerian anti-gay bill hangs in the balance The Russian parliament has unanimously passed an anti-gay "propaganda" law today, condemned by human rights groups around the world as… Read More
General news / 12 June 2013 IHEU: Mauritania is making little progress on abolishing slavery The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has again crticised Mauritania for its failures to tackle endemic slavery in the… Read More
6 June 2013 Cultural Rights and Discrimination Against Women – UN Geneva Speaking on Monday 3rd. June 2013 at the UN Geneva, Elizabeth O’Casey, main representative of Center for Inquiry condemned those… Read More
General news / 20 May 2013 The Safety of Journalists and the Freedom of the Press Reports are emerging today of a crackdown on media in Uganda, with Monitor group newspapers and radio stations "besieged"… Read More
General news / 28 March 2013 Death and humanist funerals in Nigeria Giving atheists religious funerals is a disservice that has been going on for some time. And now is the time… Read More
General news / 14 March 2013 OIC attacks free expression while ignoring real human rights crises – IHEU In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation… Read More
General news / 4 March 2013 Humanists attack modern day slavery – UN Human Rights Council Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains… Read More
General news / 26 February 2013 IHEU highlights the criminalisation of atheism in many parts of the world Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often… Read More
Members and partners / 15 February 2013 Humanists remember Eze Ebisike (1937-2013) Nigerian Humanist, and former chair of the Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM), Eze Ebisike, died last week at the age of 75, a… Read More