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Legitimate steps to combat "hate speech" must take into account the need to protect freedom of expression, humanists have reminded…

Resistance fighter, co-author of the Declaration of Human Rights, anti-colonial activist and pioneer of the United Nations, Stéphane Hessel, has died…

Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often…

Our London office is moving address. From Monday 25 February 2013 we will be in a new office at: IHEU,…

Nigerian Humanist, and former chair of the Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM), Eze Ebisike, died last week at the age of 75, a…

Baroness Warsi, a senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office minister in the UK government, has emphasised in a speech to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)…

The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning with effect from 28th February. During his papacy, Joseph Ratzinger has presided over –…

The Icelandic Parliament (Althing) passed a new law yesterday (30 January, 2013) which for first time in Icelandic history recognizes…

Yesterday the European Court of Human Rights threw out three of four cases brought by Christians who had alleged they…

Young Egyptian Facebook user, Alber Saber, has today been sentenced to three years for "offending" religion. He should be out on bail…