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
31 October 2012 UN debates Freedom of Religion or Belief Britain supports state religions; the Netherlands wants more attention for the rights of atheists; Canada rejects the claim that religions… Read More
General news / 25 September 2012 Iran shamed for new measures denying higher education to women It may surprise many to learn that the majority of science graduates in Iran are women. But that may be about… Read More
20 September 2012 Saudi Arabia condemned for promoting extremism and violence In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)… Read More
12 September 2012 IHEU condemns faith-based violence States which fail to punish faith-based violence against religious and non-religious minorities, or which legitimize faith-based violence through laws against… Read More
General news / 3 September 2012 Pakistan, the time has come! Politicians, police and clerics must confront ‘blasphemy’ mobs in unison and without fear Rimsha Masih, aged between 11 and 14, and said to have some degree of mental impairment, has now been in… Read More
29 June 2012 India in the Spotlight It is now three years since I was last in India and I had not realised until today that the… Read More