Attacks on Dalit Rationalists
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union 40th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (25th February – 22nd March…
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Fundamentalism rising
An event to discuss together the rise of Islamist and Hindutva fundamentalism in Bangladesh and India respectively, with a panel…
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Gulalai Ismail arrested again! She and fellow human rights activists must be released
Human rights activist Gulalai Ismail was arrested yesterday in Pakistan as part of a mass arrest of at least 82…
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General Statement of Policy
The General Assembly adopts the following IHEU General Statement of Policy of the International Humanist and Ethical Union as an…
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Blasphemy laws
That this Congress views with grave concern the frivolous and vindictive use of blasphemy laws, having negative impact on the…
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The Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression
The 2014 World Humanist Congress, gathered in Oxford, UK, on 8-10 August 2014, adopted the following declaration on freedom of…
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Message to Dr B Spock (1968)
The International Humanist and Ethical Union sends its warmest greetings. We are grateful for and support your work in helping…
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Taslima Nasreen (2000-12)
Honorable Prime Minister We address you this open letter, alarmed at the treatment of our fellow humanist and defender of…
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Human rights in South Africa (1985)
Believing That Apartheid and other forms of discrimination on the grounds of race are against the principles of humanism; That…
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Human rights in South Africa (1984)
Noting: The undue influence of the White Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa over the South African government; That their…
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State of emergency in India (1976)
The Board of Directors of the International Humanist & Ethical Union notes with grave concern that, exactly a year after…
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