Notice of IHEU General Assembly 2013
The IHEU General Assembly 2013 will be held at the Howard Johnson Grand Plaza Hotel, Calea Dorobanților 5-7, Bucharest 010551,…
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IHEU to the United Nations: “Apostasy is not a crime”
Humanists at the UN in Geneva have today called for the complete abolition of blasphemy laws as incompatible with "one of…
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UK set to outlaw caste discrimination after pressure from secular and humanist campaigners
The UK's House of Lords has voted to bring caste discrimination within the scope of equality legislation, potentially strengthening protections…
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Humanists attack modern day slavery – UN Human Rights Council
Despite government promises and a change in the law, the situation for "modern day slaves" in Mauritania and elsewhere remains…
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IHEU reminds UN that freedom of expression must be protected
Legitimate steps to combat "hate speech" must take into account the need to protect freedom of expression, humanists have reminded…
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Death of a defiant humanist, Stéphane Hessel (1917-2013)
Resistance fighter, co-author of the Declaration of Human Rights, anti-colonial activist and pioneer of the United Nations, Stéphane Hessel, has died…
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IHEU highlights the criminalisation of atheism in many parts of the world
Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often…
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We are moving offices
Our London office is moving address. From Monday 25 February 2013 we will be in a new office at: IHEU,…
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Humanists remember Eze Ebisike (1937-2013)
Nigerian Humanist, and former chair of the Nigerian Humanist Movement (NHM), Eze Ebisike, died last week at the age of 75, a…
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Humanists welcome UK commitment to freedom of religion or belief
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)…
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