18 June 2014 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… Read More
General news / 12 June 2014 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… Read More
General news / 11 June 2014 “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… Read More
Action Alert / 10 June 2014 #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.… Read More
General news / 14 May 2014 “Humanism and secularism” are threat to Islam and the state, says Malaysian prime minister The Prime Minister of Malaysia has labelled “humanism and secularism as well as liberalism” a dangerous threat to Islam and the state. He is… Read More
13 May 2014 Harry Stopes-Roe (1924—2014) The international Humanist community mourns the death of Dr. Harry Stopes-Roe. Dr Stopes-Roe was an influential figure in the British and… Read More
Campaigns / 29 April 2014 IHEU supports Second World Conference on Untouchability Last week saw experts and campaigners on caste discrimination come together in Kathmandu, Nepal, for a second World Conference on… Read More
Young Humanists International / 24 April 2014 Expanding Humanist Youths in Europe Since the amazing European Humanist Youth Days, the European Working Group has greatly expended. With new contacts in Ireland, Scotland,… Read More
Young Humanists International / 24 April 2014 Malta reverses Vatican concorda The government of Malta has signed a new agreement with the Vatican that effectively reverses a previous concordat, which gave… Read More
Young Humanists International / 24 April 2014 Becoming a Humanist Volunteer Voluntourism is travel, which involves volunteering for a charitable cause. Over the past decade the voluntourism industry has become increasingly… Read More
Young Humanists International / 24 April 2014 Announcement – General Assembly 7th August 2014 in Oxford, UK The IHEYO General Assembly 2014 will be held in conjunction with the 19th World Humanist Congress of IHEU in Oxford,… Read More