Pakistan – between Democratisation and Talibanisation
Since its independence in 1947, Pakistan has lived under firm control of military and civil burocracy. People have no say…
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Taslima Nasreen attacked in Hyderabad, India
Bangladeshi writer-in-exile Taslima Nasreen was attacked at the Hyderabad Press Club today (Babu Gogineni reports), where she was launching the…
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UN publishes IHEU submissions on Dalit rights and child marriage
The United Nations Human Rights Council has published two IHEU submissions on Dalit rights and child marriage: Dalits, the Caste…
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Child Marriage: A Violation of Human Rights
In collaboration with the World Population Foundation, IHEU has launched a joint campaign against the horror of child marriage, a…
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Human Rights Day – 10 December 2006
Human Rights Day is observed by the international community every year on 10 December. It commemorates the day in 1948…
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“Banker to the Poor” wins 2006 Nobel Peace prize
IHEU extends its congratulations to Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank, winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Mohammed Yunus…
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IHEU and HIVOS announce 2006-2008 grant programme
Update: Applications for 2006 funding are now closed.
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Perspectives on implementing the 1981 UN Declaration on Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination
Matt Cherry, secretary of the United Nations Non-Government Organizations (NGO) Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Executive Director…
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Human Rights in Belarus
One of the more thankless tasks that the old UN Human Rights Commission set its experts was to report on…
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Freedom of Expression under threat at the Human Rights Council
The first session of the new UN Human Rights Council got underway on 19th June in Geneva, but despite the…
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Criticism of suicide bombers censored at the UN
IHEU today attempted to call on the United Nations to condemn killing in the name of religion, but were prevented…
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