At UN, IHEU highlights preaching of anti-LGBTI hate in Nigeria and Uganda
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) – in cooperation with Interfaith Diversity Network of West Africa, the Coalition for…
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UN passes historic resolution calling for Independent Expert on LGBTI rights
In an historic move, the United Nations has adopted a resolution to appoint the first Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation…
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IHEU calls on UN to protect human rights defenders
On the first day of the 32nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union…
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“Humanism is the ultimate, long-standing and unfaltering ally of LGBTI people everywhere.”
Humanists around the world have reacted with sadness and renewed determination in the face of the Orlando LGBTI nightclub massacre.…
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Witnessing Horror in Father’s Dream Land: Tribute to a Believer in Free Speech
Rumana Hashem asks how the horrors of mob killing — including many unreported incidents — is destroying the social fabric of…
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Two LGBT activists are latest victims of serial killings in Bangladesh
Two LGBT activists have been hacked to death at a house in Kalabagan, Dhaka. Xulhaz Mannan was editor of the LGBT magazine Roopbaan and…
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Council of Europe extremism debate highlights IHEU Freedom of Thought Report
A submission made on behalf of twenty-two international non-government organizations (INGOs) for a debate at the Council of Europe features the work…
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IHEU urges more to be done to combat harmful and exclusionary ideology of populist nationalism
On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the…
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IHEU calls on UN to reinforce human rights mechanisms protecting LGBTI people and SRHR
Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, again called on the…
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Psychiatric detention and charges against atheist show “Soviet era abuse of psychiatry, apparently alive and well in Russia today”
An atheist in Russia, Viktor Krasnov (38) faces the threat of jail time for saying online that, “There is no god”…
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Atheists in Kenya must be officially recognised
An atheist group in Kenya has been denied formal registration as a recognised association on the grounds that “The Registrar has reasonable cause to…
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