India Turning into Nightmare for Minorities
by Uttam Niraula India is widely known as the most populous democracy on earth. There are almost 1.3 billion people in India, of which…
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Persecution of nonbelievers in Egypt, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General…
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IHEU condemns persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar
The following resolution was approved by the General Assembly of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) 2016. The situation…
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The situation in Iraq and Syria
The following resolution was approved by the General Assembly of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) 2016. The crisis…
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IHEU reads poem banned in Saudi for ‘apostasy’ to delegates at UN
Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, read out a poem that…
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Asian Humanist Conference: “Old and New. Timeless Solutions for Modern Problems”, 6-7 August 2016, Taiwan
The International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization(IHEYO) has chosen Taiwan, Province of China to host their annual Asian Humanism Conference in…
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Colourblindness and New-age Racism
Vidita Priyadarshini, Editorial for the IHEYO Newsletter April/May 2016 The recent incidents of attacks on Africans in New Delhi have sparked the debate…
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Witnessing Horror in Father’s Dream Land: Tribute to a Believer in Free Speech
Rumana Hashem asks how the horrors of mob killing — including many unreported incidents — is destroying the social fabric of…
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Two LGBT activists are latest victims of serial killings in Bangladesh
Two LGBT activists have been hacked to death at a house in Kalabagan, Dhaka. Xulhaz Mannan was editor of the LGBT magazine Roopbaan and…
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Academic hacked to death in Bangladesh
Early this morning (Saturday 23 April) a university lecturer was hacked to death in Bangladesh. Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was a teacher…
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Tutul: the Survivor – An interview with the target of a Bangladesh machete attack
Following the murder of four atheist bloggers in Bangladesh throughout 2015, on October 31 two secular publishers were hit in a coordinated attack. At Jagriti…
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