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
General news / 24 January 2018 Humanists denounce proposed law to criminalize atheism in Egypt Egyptian lawmakers will consider a bill which would criminalize not believing in God. The proposed bill was discussed by the head of parliament’s… Read More
General news / 23 January 2018 Atheists are selfish and “act without moral inhibitions”, Cyprus schools tell children Humanist groups are protesting religious education resources in Cyprus, which mischaracterize atheists as narrowly materialistic and immoral, and which recommend… Read More
General news / 23 January 2018 Josh Kutchinsky – “one of the greatest friends to international humanism” – remembered Josh Kutchinsky, one of the greatest friends to international humanism, died last night. He had been suffering from an interstitial lung disease… Read More
General news / 22 January 2018 UK rejects asylum application from humanist because he fails to name ancient Greek philosophers A man in the United Kingdom, originally from Pakistan, has had his asylum application rejected on the grounds of how… Read More
Café Humaniste / 13 December 2017 Three more Café Humaniste held in Latin America In less than a month the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) organised three further Café Humaniste events in collaboration… Read More
General news / 11 December 2017 Humanist Association of Nigeria achieves formal recognition after 17-year campaign The Humanist Association of Nigeria has finally achieved registration as a formal organization from the government. It brings to a… Read More
General news / 4 December 2017 Humanists “actively persecuted” in seven countries in 2017, finds IHEU report New incidents or trends in seven countries show active persecution of atheists and humanists in 2017 85 countries in total… Read More
23 November 2017 Atheism “very dangerous” and “unconstitutional” says government minister in Malaysia, again, wrongly A government official in Malaysia has, wrongly, repeated claims today that atheism is a “very dangerous” ideology which is prohibited under… Read More