23 September 2008 AWE addresses human rights violations experienced by women In an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the Association for World Education has supported IHEU in calling… Read More
Members and partners / 23 September 2008 CFI supports humanity, equality and human rights for women Center for Inquiry has delivered an oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council supporting IHEU in defending the rights… Read More
23 September 2008 USA speaks out strongly against OIC manoeuvring on “defamation of religion” The US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, John V. Hanford III, has strongly supported freedom of religion and… Read More
23 September 2008 Defamation of religion is not a human rights concept – Belgium In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Belgium has come out firmly on the side of individual human… Read More
Conferences / 8 September 2008 Humanist events for Europride 2008 On 30 July, as part of the programme of Europride 2008, the Swedish Humanist Association organised two very successful events.… Read More
Humanists International News / 8 September 2008 Continuum of Humanist Education IHEU member organization the Institute for Humanist Studies has made its online e-learning materials on Humanism freely available to all.… Read More
Young Humanists International / 28 August 2008 Gays cause earthquakes in Israel In a marked intervention in the Israeli Parliament, member of the ultra-orthodox Shas party Shlomo Benizri blamed gays for recent… Read More
Campaigns / 27 August 2008 IHEU interviews new Nepal Deputy PM: Nepal commits to secular state In a landmark interview, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the new Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal has spoken to IHEU of the… Read More
Conferences / 25 August 2008 World conference on untouchability – June 2009 – first notice and call for papers Untouchability persists in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Japan and Nigeria. Nearly 250 million persons are directly affected… Read More
Growth and Development / 18 August 2008 Romania removes theory of evolution from school curriculum Romania's withdrawal of the theory of evolution from the school curriculum could be evidence of a growing conservative tendency in… Read More
Humanists International News / 18 August 2008 Rally for secularism during Pope’s visit to France – 14 September 2008 Four French Member Organizations of IHEU want to reaffirm the principles of secularism on the occasion of the announcement of… Read More