Concordat Watch tracks Vatican “treaties”
Concordats are agreements between sovereign states and the Roman Catholic Church. A new web site, Concordat Watch keeps track of…
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IHEU and NSS sound the alarm on freedom of expression at the UN
At the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday, 15 April, states belonging to the Organisation of Islamic Conference…
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Lobby Day – Washington, DC – 9 June 2008
The Secular Coalition for America has announced a Lobby Day to follow the 2008 World Humanist Congress. The Lobby Day…
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Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights
For the past eleven years the organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), representing the 57 Islamic States, has been tightening…
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China blocks discussion of Tibet at the Human Rights Council
The Chinese delegation to the Human Rights Council succeeded in blocking all criticism of their actions in Tibet by invoking…
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New Dilemmas in Medicine: Three Current Controversies in Genetics, Religion, and Big Pharma
IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics and Bioethics International cordially invite you to a one-day conference concerning New Dilemmas in Medicine: Three…
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Punjab bans rationalist literature
In a shocking affront to freedom of expression, the Government of Punjab, India, has banned four rationalist books and threatened…
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IHEU endorses UN concerns over Indian impunity
IHEU has welcomed a final report by the outgoing Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion, warning of the risk of…
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Pakistan: discussion of Shari’a “insulting for our faith”
A representative of Pakistan, in an astonishing intervention at the United Nations Human Rights Council, has claimed that "It is…
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Video of UN “ambush” now available
A video of the "ambush" of IHEU at last week's session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is now…
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IHEU “ambushed” at Human Rights Council
In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal…
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