General news / 11 June 2013 NGOs attack India over caste and Dalit rights Several NGOs spoke out today (11 June 2013) at the Human Rights Council in Geneva about the appalling treatment of… Read More
Humanists International News / 6 June 2013 Humanists Speak Out on Human Rights Abuse – UN Geneva The international humanist team at the UN Geneva led by IHEU spoke three times in the debate on civil and… 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
Action Alert / 9 April 2013 Call to action: Defend the bloggers of Bangladesh There is a serious threat to freedom of thought, expression and political opinion in Bangladesh. Atheist and freethinking voices are… Read More
Action Alert / 4 April 2013 Arrests of “atheist bloggers” shows Bangladesh authorities are “walking into a trap set by fundamentalists” Islamist parties provided a "list" to the authorities detailing "atheist bloggers" Government promised to take action against the bloggers Several… 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 / 12 March 2013 Iran admits torture following pressure from IHEU at the UN Following pressure from our delegation, Iran was forced to back down from its statement yesterday that torture didn't happen in… Read More
8 March 2013 Feminism’s New Indignation There is a new wave of public moral outrage at crimes perpetrated against women, and we must embrace it –… Read More
General news / 7 March 2013 Lebanon’s first civil marriage divides the country, inspires calls for reform Taking advantage of a legal loophole, the marriage papers of Nidal Darwish and Kholoud Succariyeh were approved by the Lebanese Ministry… 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
General news / 15 November 2012 A new death sentence for blasphemy in Pakistan – the law must be abolished As Rimsha Masih still awaits trial in Pakistan, another "blasphemy" case has been resolved today, handing a 25-year-old man a… Read More