IHEU highlights role of child marriage in blocking girls’ right to education
Around the world, girls are severely deprived when it comes to education. At the 29th session of the UN Human…
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Third atheist writer hacked to death in Bangladesh this year
Early this morning, Ananta Bijoy Das was murdered, hacked to death by four assailants on the streets close to his home. Ananta had…
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Society for Humanism Nepal – Help for Earthquake Victims
An important message from our friends and members, the Society for Humanism (SOCH) Nepal. A devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.9…
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“No, I will not write about war crimes, Islamic extremism, the country or politics anymore”
Washiqur Rahamn Babu was killed on Monday. Two of his three killers — allegedly students from two different madrassa — say they had…
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Another atheist blogger murdered in Bangladesh this morning
Washiqur Rahman’s Facebook banner declares “#IamAvijit”, after the leading secular and humanist blogger, Avijit Roy, who was murdered a month ago in Bangladesh. This…
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IHEU to UN: We must protect the people who promote and defend the right to free expression
We need the right to speak freely and critically about religion and related topics, and it is also vital that we protect those…
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IHEU comment on Mumtaz Qadri trial
Yesterday, the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, upheld the murder conviction against self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, despite significant pressure from…
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Avijit Roy, by his daughter: “everyone… share his story” #WordsCannotBeKilled
Following the murder,Thursday, of Avijit Roy, US-based writer and a moral leader of secularist and freethought activists in Bangladesh, his elderly father…
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Humanists appalled at the murder of secular activist and writer Avijit Roy
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is sickened and appalled to hear that secular blogger Avijit Roy has been murdered in Bangladesh a…
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Mashal Khan and blasphemy laws in Pakistan
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) “In Pakistan,…
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Contemporary forms of slavery
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) Interactive Dialogue with SR on Contemporary…
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