General news / 24 April 2013 Indonesian schoolgirls charged with blasphemy – IHEU protests Five schoolgirls in Indonesia have been charged with blasphemy ("defamation of religion") and face possible time in juvenile detention for… Read More
General news / 16 April 2013 Prominent Turkish musician convicted over “blasphemy” accusations The courts in Turkey have handed a suspended 10-month jail sentence to the country's most prominent classical composer on the… Read More
Action Alert / 9 April 2013 Call to action: Defend the bloggers of Bangladesh There is a serious threat to freedom of thought, expression and political opinion in Bangladesh. Atheist and freethinking voices are… Read More
Young Humanists International / 5 April 2013 ANNOUNCING Regional youth conference in Cebu, Philippines 21-23 June We are happy to announce that IHEYOs affiliate PATAS is calling youth (below 35) from South East Asia, South ASia… Read More
Action Alert / 4 April 2013 Arrests of “atheist bloggers” shows Bangladesh authorities are “walking into a trap set by fundamentalists” Islamist parties provided a "list" to the authorities detailing "atheist bloggers" Government promised to take action against the bloggers Several… Read More
General news / 3 April 2013 International Topless Jihad Day (4 April) — “We stand in solidarity with Amina, and all those who will join her.” Death threats from authority figures, over a single topless photograph of an activist named Amina, have inspired a global backlash… Read More
General news / 28 March 2013 Death and humanist funerals in Nigeria Giving atheists religious funerals is a disservice that has been going on for some time. And now is the time… Read More
General news / 26 March 2013 Announcing the IHEU-HIVOS 2013 grants programme Grants Announcement of the IHEU-HIVOS Humanist Network and Development programme for 2013. Read More
General news / 19 March 2013 “Hungary’s authoritarian drifting needs strong European action” say IHEU and EHF Presidents European institutions have kept astonishingly silent to the worsening of the political situation in Hungary, Humanist groups have said today.… Read More
General news / 14 March 2013 OIC attacks free expression while ignoring real human rights crises – IHEU In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation… Read More
General news / 13 March 2013 “Why must I be killed?” asks Moroccan atheist Speaking as a representative attached to the IHEU delegation at the Human Rights Council, Kacem El Ghazzali told how he… Read More