14 November 2013 The Human Rights Council: “a parody of itself” The International Humanist and Ethical Union’s main representative at Geneva, Roy Brown, laments another controversial election to the UN Human… Read More
Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists speak out – in Arabic – at UN IHEU representative Kacem Elghazali speaking in Arabic at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday (17 September 2013) attacked… Read More
1 August 2013 IHEU protests “gratuitous, violent sentence” handed to Saudi liberal activist A writer and activist known for his liberal views was sentenced on Monday to 600 lashes and 7 years in… Read More
23 July 2013 After Marte’s pardon, IHEU joins call for reform in United Arab Emirates It was reported yesterday that Marte Deborah Dalelv, a Norwegian citizen based in Qatar and on a work trip to… Read More
General news / 12 June 2013 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… Read More
Humanists International News / 6 June 2013 Humanists Speak Out on Human Rights Abuse – UN Geneva The international humanist team at the UN Geneva led by IHEU spoke three times in the debate on civil and… Read More
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
General news / 12 March 2013 Iran admits torture following pressure from IHEU at the UN Following pressure from our delegation, Iran was forced to back down from its statement yesterday that torture didn't happen in… 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 / 7 March 2013 Lebanon’s first civil marriage divides the country, inspires calls for reform Taking advantage of a legal loophole, the marriage papers of Nidal Darwish and Kholoud Succariyeh were approved by the Lebanese Ministry… 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