Advocacy News / 9 March 2018 Actually, ‘freedom from religion’ is a human right, IHEU tells Vatican at the UN Humanists at the UN have today strongly rejected claims from the Vatican delegation that ‘freedom from religion’ is not a human… Read More
Humanists International News / 28 February 2018 Notice of IHEU General Assembly 2018 The 2018 IHEU General Assembly (GA) will take place on Sunday 5 August 2018 in Auckland, New Zealand, as part of… Read More
General news / 22 February 2018 “Children have the right to opt-out from religious instruction”, say atheists in Peru, Colombia and Italy Even in countries where children or families have the right to opt-out from religious instruction or teaching, many are… Read More
Growth and Development / 22 February 2018 IHEU exceeds 150 Member Organizations worldwide! The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is pleased to announce that its humanist family now includes more than 150… Read More
Advocacy News / 15 February 2018 Humanists join UN conference to implement plan on ending violence and atrocities The UN is trying to find new ways to prevent religious extremism and violence, and humanists are represented, working right… Read More
General news / 11 February 2018 Pakistani human rights defender Asma Jahangir dies age 66 Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66. Asma was a great human rights defender and secularist, and the… Read More
General news / 8 February 2018 “We serve every citizen of this Earth”: Puerto Rico Governor vetoes law against LGBT people Last night Governor Ricardo Rosselló vetoed House Bill 1018, a measure that would have allowed individuals and religious groups to… Read More
Café Humaniste / 6 February 2018 Café Humaniste goes viral: from Suriname to Kenya, Uganda and the Philippines Our Cafe Humaniste event in Suriname last month was a great success and was featured in national TV news. Now, the… Read More
General news / 1 February 2018 Death sentence of Ahmadreza Djalali has not been suspended, contra to reports An Iranian Swedish scientist, Ahmadreza Djalali, has been detained in Iran since April 2016, and received a death sentence last year. Some… Read More
Members and partners / 31 January 2018 Censored in Milan: a campaign to promote an alternative to religious teaching in schools The Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR) is running an ad campaign called “Can I choose when I grow… Read More
30 January 2018 Religious can discriminate against LGBT people, says Puerto Rico Senate Following the House of Representatives, the Senate of Puerto Rico has approved a law “to protect Freedom of Religion” which… Read More