IHEU statement on Israel-Palestine conflict
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is deeply pained by the resumption of conflict, after a period of relative…
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Humanist group needs help after robbery
Humanists doing great, important work in Kampala, Uganda, need your urgent help, following a significant burglary. The Humanist Association for…
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General Assembly agenda and papers now available
A message for delegates and authorised representatives for the IHEU General Assembly 2014. The agenda and other papers for the 2014…
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Mubarak Bala is free
WARNING: This article is from 2014, when Mubarak Bala was freed from the psychiatric ward where he was detained against…
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Nigerian man detained on psychiatric ward for “atheism”
A Nigerian man has been detained and medicated for over a week on a psychiatric ward in Kano state, Nigeria,…
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World Humanist Day 2014
Humanists around the world are once again celebrating World Humanist Day. In 2014 the day falls on a Saturday and…
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LGBTI rights and democracy: Populist discrimination is still discrimination
Despite being firmly established in international human rights law and a matter of basic human dignity, the rights of LGBTI people are…
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IHEU speaks on honour-based violence and gender stereotyping
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has spoken at the UN Human Rights Council about how gender stereotyping, the…
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What is free expression when journalists and activists are “banned or punished by lashes, prison or the death penalty”?
International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) spoke yesterday afternoon at the UN Human Rights Council on how many states are…
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“Insult” and “offence” are used to silence and jail online journalists
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has spoken today at the 26th session of the Human Rights Council on how…
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#TwitterTheocracy campaign after social network blocks “blasphemy” in Pakistan
Twitter recently agreed to block “blasphemous tweets” in Pakistan, thus becoming complicit in suppressing free speech, and in aiding Pakistan’s blasphemy laws.…
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