General news / 24 April 2013 Indonesian schoolgirls charged with blasphemy – IHEU protests Five schoolgirls in Indonesia have been charged with blasphemy ("defamation of religion") and face possible time in juvenile detention for… Read More
Action Alert / 9 April 2013 Call to action: Defend the bloggers of Bangladesh There is a serious threat to freedom of thought, expression and political opinion in Bangladesh. Atheist and freethinking voices are… Read More
Action Alert / 4 April 2013 Arrests of “atheist bloggers” shows Bangladesh authorities are “walking into a trap set by fundamentalists” Islamist parties provided a "list" to the authorities detailing "atheist bloggers" Government promised to take action against the bloggers Several… Read More
General news / 14 March 2013 OIC attacks free expression while ignoring real human rights crises – IHEU In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Tuesday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) criticised the Organisation… Read More
General news / 13 March 2013 “Why must I be killed?” asks Moroccan atheist Speaking as a representative attached to the IHEU delegation at the Human Rights Council, Kacem El Ghazzali told how he… Read More
General news / 7 March 2013 Lebanon’s first civil marriage divides the country, inspires calls for reform Taking advantage of a legal loophole, the marriage papers of Nidal Darwish and Kholoud Succariyeh were approved by the Lebanese Ministry… Read More
General news / 6 March 2013 IHEU to the United Nations: “Apostasy is not a crime” Humanists at the UN in Geneva have today called for the complete abolition of blasphemy laws as incompatible with "one of… Read More
General news / 26 February 2013 IHEU highlights the criminalisation of atheism in many parts of the world Atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other non-religious people are discriminated against around the world, with expression of their views is often… Read More
General news / 5 February 2013 IHEU urges calm and safeguarding of Alber Saber while on bail Young Egyptian Facebook user, Alber Saber, has today been sentenced to three years for "offending" religion. He should be out on bail… Read More
Campaigns / 5 February 2013 New global report on discrimination against the non-religious – New report highlights persecution of atheists – Blasphemy prosecutions rise with social media The International Humanist and Ethical Union… Read More
31 October 2012 UN debates Freedom of Religion or Belief Britain supports state religions; the Netherlands wants more attention for the rights of atheists; Canada rejects the claim that religions… Read More