Campaigns / 10 June 2009 Global initiative against untouchability launched in London The first “World Conference on Untouchability” concluded today [10 June 2009] with the launch of a global initiative against caste… Read More
Young Humanists International / 5 June 2009 Speaking Out: Can we help it? Many do not know the philosophy underpinning the naming of this e-zine as YouthSpeak!. Well the idea is: Speaking Out… Read More
Young Humanists International / 5 June 2009 Peter Tatchell: The ‘Megaphone’ of the Oppressed Peter Gary Tatchell is an Australian-born British human rights activist, who gained international celebrity for his attempted citizen’s arrest of… Read More
Conferences / 3 June 2009 Programme for IHEU World Conference on Untouchability The full programme for IHEU’s World Conference on Untouchability has been published. The conference will be held at the Conway… Read More
9 May 2009 International Representative elected to EU panel IHEU international representative Keith Porteous Wood has been reappointed (in a personal capacity) to the Panel of nine civil society… Read More
2 May 2009 How Durban II defeated the extremists but failed to tackle racism The Durban Review Conference on Racism has just finished in Geneva. Roy Brown reviews the results – good, bad and… Read More
1 May 2009 IHEU Geneva seminar on racism “a storming success” On Tuesday 21 April 2009, IHEU chaired a seminar at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva on “Racism – the… Read More
28 April 2009 Something Rotten in the State of Geneva The controversy of the Durban Review Conference has betrayed a new fear of freedom of expression. By Sophie Erskine, representative… Read More
10 April 2009 Putting non-believers on the agenda at the Durban Review Conference Roy Brown reports: Work progresses slowly, line by line, on the final outcome document of the Durban Review Conference against… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 March 2009 Shirin Ebadi: From Gender-based Demotion to Nobel Peace Prize Shirin Ebadi was born in the city of Hamedan [northwestern Iran] in 1947. Her family were academics and practising Muslims.… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 March 2009 Beyond the Veil: Women, Religion and Secularism It is crucial to speak about the rights of ‘Muslim’ women, go beyond the issue of the veil, and talk… Read More