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
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 / 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
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
Members and partners / 21 March 2012 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… Read More
Conferences / 15 March 2012 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… Read More
Humanists International News / 14 March 2012 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… Read More
Humanists International News / 14 March 2012 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… Read More
Humanists International News / 6 March 2012 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… Read More
Action Alert / 24 January 2012 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… Read More