Protests planned for Pope visit to UK
The National Secular Society (an IHEU member organization in the UK) has announced a large-scale campaign of protest against the…
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Anti-Gay demonstrations in Kampala
Homophobia is the greatest test Humanists are facing today in Uganda. As I write this piece, demonstrators - a bunch…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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