Advocacy News / 26 March 2018 IHEU and Nepali humanists to UN: Nepal must act to end “kuriti” now Humanists in Nepal and internationally have called on Nepal and the international community to do more to combat harmful traditional and cultural… Read More
General news / 22 March 2018 At the United Nations, IHEU Chief Executive condemns ‘shameful’ caste discrimination Humanists at the UN Human Rights Council have condemned the practice of discrimination by “caste”, which continues in a number of… Read More
Advocacy News / 21 March 2018 At UN, IHEU again urges Pakistan to end its blasphemy laws The International Humanist and Ethical Union has again urged Pakistan to abolish its blasphemy laws and start respecting the rights… Read More
General news / 11 February 2018 Pakistani human rights defender Asma Jahangir dies age 66 Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66. Asma was a great human rights defender and secularist, and the… Read More
Chief Executive blog / 25 January 2018 / Gary McLelland Reflections on a humanist trip to India and Nepal International Humanist and Ethical Union Chief Executive Gary McLelland writes about his recent trip to India and Nepal to meet… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2017 / India / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on India International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 36th Session (11 September – 29 September 2017) UPR Outcomes: India… Read More
Advocacy News / 25 September 2017 IHEU to India at UN: Stop fostering Hindu extremism, persecution of Dalits and intimidation of civil society! In an address to the UN Human Rights Council last week, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised India for… Read More
General news / 13 June 2017 Anti-terrorism court hands down death sentence over “blasphemous” Facebook post A court in Pakistan has handed down a death sentence to a 30-year-old man for making a post on Facebook. Taimoor Raza… Read More
Humanists International News / 24 April 2017 Murder in the Maldives: a tragic consequence of a state where democracy is being obliterated A ‘freethinking’ secularist blogger has been stabbed to death in the Maldives. It’s a tragedy which demonstrates again that in… Read More
General news / 13 April 2017 “Humanist” murdered by fellow university students for alleged “blasphemy” A student who referred to himself as “The Humanist” has been murdered today by dozens of fellow students, after a “blasphemy”… Read More
31 March 2017 Pakistan is harassing and persecuting the non-religious under the guise of “blasphemy” The first few months of 2017 has seen a disturbing attack on ‘atheist’, ‘liberal’ and ‘secular’ writers and bloggers in Pakistan,… Read More