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  In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation…

Speaking as a representative attached to the IHEU delegation at the Human Rights Council, Kacem El Ghazzali told how he…

Following pressure from our delegation, Iran was forced to back down from its statement yesterday that torture didn't happen in…

Humanists at the United Nations today called on the Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution to regulate the activities…

There is a new wave of public moral outrage at crimes perpetrated against women, and we must embrace it –…

  Taking advantage of a legal loophole, the marriage papers of Nidal Darwish and Kholoud Succariyeh were approved by the Lebanese Ministry…

Humanists at the UN in Geneva have today called for the complete abolition of blasphemy laws as incompatible with "one of…

The UK's House of Lords has voted to bring caste discrimination within the scope of equality legislation, potentially strengthening protections…

Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains…

Legitimate steps to combat "hate speech" must take into account the need to protect freedom of expression, humanists have reminded…

Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often…