IHEU calls for a new focus on racism
International bodies are prone to treating racism as a largely “western” phenomenon, sometimes ignoring the continuation of racially based discrimination…
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Human Rights in Mauritania: Slavery, Forced Marriage and Death for Apostasy
On 13 September 2013, in collaboration with the anti-slavery association IRA-Mauritanie and Center for Inquiry USA, IHEU hosted a seminar…
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Russia waves through two illiberal new laws, as Nigerian anti-gay bill hangs in the balance
The Russian parliament has unanimously passed an anti-gay "propaganda" law today, condemned by human rights groups around the world as…
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IHEU: Mauritania is making little progress on abolishing slavery
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has again crticised Mauritania for its failures to tackle endemic slavery in the…
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Cultural Rights and Discrimination Against Women – UN Geneva
Speaking on Monday 3rd. June 2013 at the UN Geneva, Elizabeth O’Casey, main representative of Center for Inquiry condemned those…
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Death and humanist funerals in Nigeria
Giving atheists religious funerals is a disservice that has been going on for some time. And now is the time…
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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…
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Humanists attack modern day slavery – UN Human Rights Council
Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains…
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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…
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Humanists remember Eze Ebisike (1937-2013)
Nigerian Humanist, and former chair of the Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM), Eze Ebisike, died last week at the age of 75, a…
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Homosexuality and Africa: The new Archbishop of Canterbury must “broaden his horizons”
The world is watching as three sub-Saharan African countries consider changes to their anti-homosexuality legislation. Anti-homosexuality laws in Nigeria, Uganda…
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