Advocacy News / 21 September 2018 IHEU Condemns Pakistan PM for his blasphemy stance, at UN The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws, and to promote tolerance… Read More
Action Alert / 19 September 2018 Where is Ahmad, sentenced to death “for atheism”? In April 2017 Ahmad Al Shamri was sentenced to death “for atheism” by the Supreme Court of Saudi Arabia. One… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Pakistan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / Blasphemy laws in Pakistan ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 37th Session (27th February – 23rd March 2018) General… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2018 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 9: Follow-up and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action / The Durban Declaration and cultural rights ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 38th Session (18th June – 6th July 2018) General… Read More
General news / 11 June 2018 Freethinking writer and politician shot dead in Bangladesh A publisher of poetry and ‘freethought’ texts, who openly identified as atheist, has been shot dead in Bangladesh. Shahzahan Bachchu… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 March 2018 IHEU and Nepali humanists to UN: Nepal must act to end “kuriti” now Humanists in Nepal and internationally have called on Nepal and the international community to do more to combat harmful traditional and cultural… Read More
General news / 22 March 2018 At the United Nations, IHEU Chief Executive condemns ‘shameful’ caste discrimination Humanists at the UN Human Rights Council have condemned the practice of discrimination by “caste”, which continues in a number of… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 March 2018 At UN, IHEU again urges Pakistan to end its blasphemy laws The International Humanist and Ethical Union has again urged Pakistan to abolish its blasphemy laws and start respecting the rights… Read More
Advocacy News / 15 March 2018 Iran: IHEU condemns torture of detainees, oppression of protests, and denial of human rights Humanists at the United Nations Human Rights Council have denounced Iran’s recent crackdown on protesters against the regime. This year… Read More
General news / 11 February 2018 Pakistani human rights defender Asma Jahangir dies age 66 Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66. Asma was a great human rights defender and secularist, and the… Read More
Café Humaniste / 6 February 2018 Café Humaniste goes viral: from Suriname to Kenya, Uganda and the Philippines Our Cafe Humaniste event in Suriname last month was a great success and was featured in national TV news. Now, the… Read More