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A ‘freethinking’ secularist blogger has been stabbed to death in the Maldives. It’s a tragedy which demonstrates again that in…

Six people face prosecution for “blasphemy” in Greece, after a Greek Orthodox bishop complained about an image they didn’t actually…

A student who referred to himself as  “The Humanist” has been murdered today by dozens of fellow students, after a “blasphemy”…

Articulo en Español aquí  Puerto Rico has decided to fight a long-term economic recession with “fasting and prayer”. It hasn’t…

The 2017 IHEU General Assembly (GA) will take place on Sunday 6 August 2017, in London, United Kingdom. The GA will…

The first few months of 2017 has seen a disturbing attack on ‘atheist’, ‘liberal’ and ‘secular’ writers and bloggers in Pakistan,…

Articulo en Español aquí On 9 November 2016, Benjamín Alcón Mejía was sentenced to 12 years prison for stealing from…

Section 140 of the Danish Penal Code on “blasphemy” should be abolished, says the Danish Humanist Society, Humanistisk Samfund and a…

Elizabeth O’Casey is Director of Advocacy for the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) The March session is the longest session…

The IHEU at the UN Human Rights Council has called for global repeal of apostasy and blasphemy laws, which are…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has today, at the UN Human Rights Council, called for the abolition of…