Conferences / 30 March 2008 The Libre Pensée Marches Ahead at Full Speed! Freethinkers in France will remember fondly the Easter weekend of 2008 for many years. On the allegedly Good Friday of… Read More
26 March 2008 China blocks discussion of Tibet at the Human Rights Council The Chinese delegation to the Human Rights Council succeeded in blocking all criticism of their actions in Tibet by invoking… Read More
Growth and Development / 25 March 2008 IHEU-HIVOS grants announced IHEU has announced the recipients of its latest funding round in partnership with HIVOS. In June 2006, IHEU was awarded… Read More
Conferences / 25 March 2008 New Dilemmas in Medicine: Three Current Controversies in Genetics, Religion, and Big Pharma IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics and Bioethics International cordially invite you to a one-day conference concerning New Dilemmas in Medicine: Three… Read More
Members and partners / 22 March 2008 Punjab bans rationalist literature In a shocking affront to freedom of expression, the Government of Punjab, India, has banned four rationalist books and threatened… Read More
21 March 2008 IHEU endorses UN concerns over Indian impunity IHEU has welcomed a final report by the outgoing Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion, warning of the risk of… Read More
16 March 2008 Pakistan: discussion of Shari’a “insulting for our faith” A representative of Pakistan, in an astonishing intervention at the United Nations Human Rights Council, has claimed that "It is… Read More
16 March 2008 Video of UN “ambush” now available A video of the "ambush" of IHEU at last week's session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is now… Read More
14 March 2008 IHEU “ambushed” at Human Rights Council In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal… Read More
13 March 2008 IHEU in the news at the UN Reuters, Yahoo! and a number of other news channels have picked up the story of IHEU's statement to the UN… Read More
12 March 2008 IHEU meets UN Special Rapporteur in India IHEU has used a meeting with UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Asma Jahangir to highlight human… Read More