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During the current session of the UN Human Rights Council, Denmark has announced that, after conducting a review on the…

In a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised concerns…

In the wake of the Paris and Copenhagen killings and the murder of Avijit Roy in Bangladesh, at the UN…

Yesterday, the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, upheld the murder conviction against self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, despite significant pressure from…

Following the murder,Thursday, of Avijit Roy, US-based writer and a moral leader of secularist and freethought activists in Bangladesh, his elderly father…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is sickened and appalled to hear that secular blogger Avijit Roy has been murdered in Bangladesh a…

On Saturday afternoon a gunman targeted a blasphemy seminar at a cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark. Despite significant security measures already…

The Co-President of the European Parliamentary Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance has called for greater recognition of the rights…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is today among the founding partners heading a new, unified campaign for the abolition of “blasphemy”…

Humanist organizations have been among the chorus of human rights groups, activists, and governments internationally, calling for the release of persecuted…

It has been a bad time for freedom of expression the past two weeks. Last Friday, liberal Saudi writer Raif Badawi was…