Advocacy News / 24 June 2015 IHEU calls out Egypt at UN on its hate campaign against atheists As reported in the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)’s Freedom of Thought Report last year, the Egyptian state is… Read More
Advocacy News / 22 June 2015 IHEU defends importance of free expression for LGBT people At the UN Human Rights Council today, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) defended the fundamental importance of respecting… Read More
Advocacy News / 22 June 2015 Culture, religion and tradition do not justify human rights abuse, says IHEU at UN At the UN Human Rights, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has outlined its concerns about notions of ‘culture’,… Read More
Advocacy News / 19 June 2015 End violence against women and comply with your duties on abortion, IHEU says to African states at UN During an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women at the UN Human Rights Council, the International… Read More
Advocacy News / 19 June 2015 International community needs to do more against forced labour and trafficking in Gulf States, urges IHEU In the wake of a number of corruption allegations surrounding the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the International Humanist… Read More
Advocacy News / 19 June 2015 IHEU highlights role of child marriage in blocking girls’ right to education Around the world, girls are severely deprived when it comes to education. At the 29th session of the UN Human… Read More
Conferences / 31 May 2015 PATASCON2015, the Philippines Atheists and Agnostics Society conference “Breaking through with reason and Humanism” was the theme of PATASCon, the conference of the Philippines Atheists and Agnostics Society… Read More
General news / 12 May 2015 Third atheist writer hacked to death in Bangladesh this year Early this morning, Ananta Bijoy Das was murdered, hacked to death by four assailants on the streets close to his home. Ananta had… Read More
General news / 2 April 2015 “No, I will not write about war crimes, Islamic extremism, the country or politics anymore” Washiqur Rahamn Babu was killed on Monday. Two of his three killers — allegedly students from two different madrassa — say they had… Read More
General news / 30 March 2015 Another atheist blogger murdered in Bangladesh this morning Washiqur Rahman’s Facebook banner declares “#IamAvijit”, after the leading secular and humanist blogger, Avijit Roy, who was murdered a month ago in Bangladesh. This… Read More
Campaigns / 26 March 2015 New international call to “prevent disrespect for religions” must be firmly rejected A resolution proposed ahead of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) seeks to limit freedom of expression on religion, and must be firmly… Read More