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)…
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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…
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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…
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India in the Spotlight
It is now three years since I was last in India and I had not realised until today that the…
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Peter Tatchell named Secularist of the Year 2012
Human Rights campaigner Peter Tatchell was the winner of this year's award for Secularist of the Year. He was presented…
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IHEU Hosts UN Seminar of Religion, Law, Democracy and Human Rights
On 14 March 2012 at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, in conjunction with the…
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Plea to the Islamic States to do more to promote religious tolerance
In a joint statement with the Center for Inquiry today (14 March 2012) IHEU representative Raheel Raza, herself a Muslim…
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IHEU slams witchcraft belief at the UN
In a speech today (14 March 2012) at the plenary of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, IHEU representative…
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IHEU attacks the Islamic States on Freedom of Religion
Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, who was a guest speaker at the…
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Humanists condemn another attack on atheist expression at London University
Yet another Humanist student group in London is being threatened with censorship for talking about Islam. The London School of…
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Let Khalid Saeed stay in Sweden
The Humanist Movement in Sweden and the International Humanist community call upon the Swedish authorities to reopen the case of…
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