Advocacy News / 14 September 2016 IHEU at UN: Don’t distort concept of ‘secularism’ to clampdown on freedom In the wake of the ‘burkini’ debate in France over the summer months and increasing levels of oppression in much… Read More
General news / 31 August 2016 India Turning into Nightmare for Minorities by Uttam Niraula India is widely known as the most populous democracy on earth. There are almost 1.3 billion people in India, of which… Read More
General news / 25 August 2016 This is not our secularism / Ce n’est pas notre laïcité French translation below Statement from the offices of Humanists International on the “burkini ban” now being enforced in parts of… Read More
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 / 24 June 2016 At UN, IHEU and Danish Humanist Society call on Denmark to abolish blasphemy law Humanists told the UN Human Rights Council this morning that “the state-church institution is fundamentally unfair” in Denmark as elsewhere,… 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
Humanists International News / 21 June 2016 Now is the time to put ourselves out there! A greeting from the new president of IHEYO, Marieke Prien, for International Humanist Day, 21 June 2016 For me it is… Read More