“Do not punch your critics.” Humanists defend free speech under attack
It has been a bad time for freedom of expression the past two weeks. Last Friday, liberal Saudi writer Raif Badawi was…
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IHEU: “call it what it is — Saudi Arabia’s flogging of Raif Badawi is barbarity and torture, plain and simple”
It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The…
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A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld
On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of…
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Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression
The delegates at World Humanist Congress assented on 10th August and the IHEU General Assembly approved on 11th August the Oxford…
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IHEU president welcomes delegates at World Humanist Congress
Sonja Eggerickx, the president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), spoke a short time ago at the plenary of…
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Humanist School Needs Help After Robbery
The Humanist Association for Leadership, Equality and Accountability (HALEA) are in need of help following a significant burglary in early…
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Humanist group needs help after robbery
Humanists doing great, important work in Kampala, Uganda, need your urgent help, following a significant burglary. The Humanist Association for…
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The First European Humanist Youth Days
Young Humanists from across Europe came together on the 2nd to the 5th of August 2013 in Brussels, Belgium for…
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On Human Rights Day, religious groups scupper report on the rights of women and girls at European Parliament
On Human Rights Day, yesterday, the European Parliament failed to adopt the progressive Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)…
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A success in Brussels at the first European Humanist Youth Days
Young people mainly from Humanist youth organizations across Europe came together at the weekend for the first European Humanist Youth…
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We’re not that terrifying – A response to “Atheism Has Failed”
In a recent article by the UK's chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks claims that "atheism has failed. Only religion can defeat the…
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