General news / 21 February 2014 Museveni set to sign Uganda’s anti-gay bill based on false reading of science The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has more or less promised to sign the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this morning, citing input from… Read More
Humanists International News / 13 February 2014 IHEU Freedom of Thought report on BBC World The BBC covered the IHEU Freedom of Thought report this week, as part of a segment on prejudice against atheists… Read More
Humanists International News / 20 January 2014 Vatican challenged by UN over its handling of child abuse Representatives from the Vatican have faced tough questions over the Holy See’s record on sexual abuse and other forms of… Read More
17 January 2014 UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief new report recommends ‘States that have blasphemy laws should repeal them’ A report released by the United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief has highlighted the need to tackle manifestations… Read More
14 January 2014 UK atheist asylum case should “point the way for the world” For the first time in the UK, an atheist has been granted asylum on the grounds that his non-religious views… Read More
13 January 2014 IHEU condemns “heinous” abandonment of gay rights in Nigeria In the face of international criticism, the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has signed a law into effect which criminalises… Read More
Young Humanists International / 23 December 2013 International Exchange: From Havelland to Vijayawada The Atheist Centre, India and Humanist Freethinker Association Havelland, Germany The Atheist Centre based in Vijayawada, India, recently hosted around… Read More
Young Humanists International / 23 December 2013 Spreading Science in a Religiously Oriented Country: An Astronomy Lecturer’s Perspective Having toured most cities around the island of Mindanao, here in the Philippines, as an astronomy lecturer (providing basic astronomical… Read More
Young Humanists International / 23 December 2013 African Regional Humanist Meeting The IHEYO Regional African Working Group Meeting and Training was held from the 25th till the 27th October 2013. The… Read More
Young Humanists International / 23 December 2013 Humanist Confirmations: A Secular Alternative Humanistisk Samfund (the Danish Humanist Society), Denmark The aim of the Humanist Confirmation program in Denmark is to empower young people… Read More
Young Humanists International / 23 December 2013 The First European Humanist Youth Days Young Humanists from across Europe came together on the 2nd to the 5th of August 2013 in Brussels, Belgium for… Read More