Members and partners / 27 June 2009 Gay & Lesbian Humanist June 2009 out now George Broadhead writes: The latest issue of G&LH is now available free at www.gayandlesbianhumanist.org Read More
Campaigns / 24 June 2009 IHEU calls on President of Lithuania to stop gay education ban Update: the deadline for signing has passed and the bill did not become law [27 June 2009]. IHEU president, Sonja… Read More
Members and partners / 21 June 2009 The battle of Conway Hall New Humanist reports that hardline Islamists were ejected from the home of British Humanism on Wednesday night [17 June 2009].… Read More
18 June 2009 IHEU questions Chinese membership of UN Human Rights Council 20 years after Tiananmen Square, IHEU has criticized China's human rights record and urged the international community to consider again… Read More
18 June 2009 UN adopts resolution on preventable maternal mortality The UN Human Rights Council has adopted the attached resolution on Preventable Maternal Mortality. The text of the speech given… Read More
18 June 2009 UN begins to move on caste discrimination Caste discrimination “clealy falls within my mandate” claimed the newly-appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Racism Mr Mugai, speaking on 16… Read More
18 June 2009 IHEU challenges the view that “defamation of religion” is a form of racism On 16 June, during the general debate on racism at the Human Rights Council, the Pakistani delegate Muhammad Saeed Sarwar,… Read More
16 June 2009 IHEU denied the right to speak on Sudan In a travesty of democratic debate, only six non-governmental organizations were allowed to speak in the debate on the Sudan… Read More
16 June 2009 A.C. Grayling speaks for IHEU at UN Human Rights Council In a speech to the Human Rights Council on 16 June on behalf of IHEU, Professor Anthony Grayling called upon… Read More
Humanists International News / 16 June 2009 IHEU Bylaws The General Assembly (GA) in London in June 2009 adopted new Bylaws for the organization. The need for revision of… Read More
15 June 2009 IHEU criticizes Chinese record on human rights IHEU has criticized China's human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva. Particular points mentioned were… Read More