Advocacy Statement / 2016 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / UN Human Rights Council / Persecution of nonbelievers in Egypt, Mauritania and Saudi Arabia ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 31st Session (29th February – 24th March 2016) General… Read More
Humanists International News / 4 July 2016 IHEU condemns persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar The following resolution was approved by the General Assembly of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) 2016. The situation… Read More
Humanists International News / 4 July 2016 The situation in Iraq and Syria The following resolution was approved by the General Assembly of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) 2016. The crisis… Read More
Advocacy News / 4 July 2016 UN appoints new Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief At the close of the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the appointment of Dr Ahmed Shaheed as… Read More
Advocacy News / 29 June 2016 UN must “recognise the pernicious nature and illegal status of blasphemy laws” says IHEU The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has once again reiterated to the UN Human Rights Council that anti-blasphemy laws… Read More
Advocacy News / 22 June 2016 IHEU reads poem banned in Saudi for ‘apostasy’ to delegates at UN Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, read out a poem that… Read More
Young Humanists International / 3 June 2016 Self Criticism Remmelt Ellen, IHEYO Newsletter April/May, 2016 Criticising yourself is hard, from my own experience. It is easy to pat yourself… Read More
Young Humanists International / 3 June 2016 Unnoticed and Prejudiced: What else do we need to know about Mental Illness? Prateek Sharma, IHEYO Newsletter April/May, 2016 We live in a society that subjects us to develop a behavioral pattern which… Read More
Conferences / 23 May 2016 New directions, diversity and determination at IHEU General Assembly 2016 The IHEU General Assembly 2016 took place Sunday 22 May, at the Excelsior Hotel, just outside Valletta, Malta. President Andrew… Read More
General news / 12 May 2016 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… Read More
25 April 2016 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… Read More