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Extremists are threatening and killing ‘rationalist’ activists. And they’re  being emboldened by an increasingly intolerant government. There are reports today that…

During an interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, IHEU highlighted how the right to freedom of…

Child sacrifice, discrimination against LGBTI people, high maternal mortality and hostility to NGOs. These were four key concerns highlighted by…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) today, in cooperation with member organisation, Sidmennt (the Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association) and partner, European…

In a discussion of a UN report on the issue of extremism and cultural rights at the UN Human Rights Council…

A judgement by the Court of Justice in Europe caused widespread confusion yesterday, amid claims that it was issuing or…

Ruslan Sokolovsky could face up to seven and a half years in jail, if he is convicted of “inciting religious…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has become increasingly concerned about the well-being of Professor Ahmadreza Djalali since we…

In its first statement at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union…

Following the murders of several fellow bloggers in his homeland of Bangladesh, and having received death threats himself, Mishu Dhar…

Denmark is reactivating it’s ‘blasphemy’ law, for the first time in 46 years, charging a man for posting a video of himself…