Members and partners / 29 January 2010 Anti-Gay demonstrations in Kampala Homophobia is the greatest test Humanists are facing today in Uganda. As I write this piece, demonstrators - a bunch… Read More
Campaigns / 29 January 2010 Police arrest Christian “prophet” over the death of two children IHEU representative Leo Igwe reports that the police in Akwa Ibom State in Nigeria have arrested a "prophet" named Gideon… Read More
27 January 2010 British Humanists want Bishops out of Parliament The British Humanist Association (BHA) is calling for the removal of the automatic right of Church of England bishops to… Read More
Campaigns / 27 January 2010 Watering-down of protection for gay people ‘shames’ Parliament The British Humanist Association (BHA) has condemned votes in the House of Lords last night, January 25, which removed the… Read More
Young Humanists International / 10 January 2010 Ugandan President Urges Softening of Anti-Gay Bill KAMPALA, Uganda (AP)—A provision that would impose the death penalty for some gays is likely to be removed from the… Read More
Action Alert / 1 January 2010 Christmas Appeal for Iraq’s Christians The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined an appeal to the UN to help the situation of Christians… Read More
Action Alert / 28 December 2009 Help Humanists fight blasphemy laws Blasphemy! It’s a cry as old as freethought, perhaps as old as religion. It’s also a crime wherever religion can… Read More
Campaigns / 17 December 2009 Humanists protest anti-gay legislation in Rwanda The UK gay Humanist charity, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT), is appalled to learn that yet another African country, Rwanda,… Read More
17 December 2009 French National Federation of Freethought issues Declaration on Bioethics On October 10, 2009, the French National Federation of the Free Thought (FNLP, an IHEU Member Organization) organized a colloquium… Read More
14 December 2009 Report From the UN: Children’s Rights Since the 1980s, advocates for children have increasingly agreed that children need rights protected by international law. Charity is not… Read More
Humanists International News / 8 December 2009 Story of a Humanist campaign against religious exploitation of a child For the last few weeks Humanists, Rationalists and Human Rights activists have been waging a huge battle against the forces… Read More