Media / 18 September 2013 Humanists attack marital and sexual slavery and the Islamic obsession with Islamophobia On Tuesday 17 September 2013, Amelia Cooper, representing the British Humanist Association at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,… Read More
General news / 20 May 2013 The Safety of Journalists and the Freedom of the Press Reports are emerging today of a crackdown on media in Uganda, with Monitor group newspapers and radio stations "besieged"… Read More
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
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
20 September 2012 Story Renewed demands for an international ‘blasphemy IHEU Vice President Andrew Copson urges that the freedom of expression and belief must be upheld, as the prospect of… Read More
General news / 20 March 2012 Can We Talk About This? Following a tour that began in Sydney, Australia last September, an extraordinary theatre production called “Can We Talk About This?”… Read More
Humanists International News / 22 March 2011 IHEU attacks “traditional values” which undermine human rights In a morning-long debate on traditional values at the Human Rights Council on Tuesday 22 March 2011, the Pakistani delegate,… Read More
Humanists International News / 14 March 2011 IHEU collaborates with Center for Inquiry on attack on blasphemy laws at UN When IHEU were prevented on a technicality from delivering a speech on blasphemy and violence in the name of religion at… Read More
Action Alert / 18 November 2010 IHEU protests Palestinian atheist persecution The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is protesting the imprisonment of a Palestinian blogger for alleged atheism. Waleed Khalid… Read More
Humanists International News / 6 October 2010 Defending freedom of expression at Council of Europe The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has submitted a Paper to a recent Council of Europe conference called to… Read More
9 June 2010 Pakistan “playing with fire” In a strong statement to the Human Rights Council this morning, IHEU main Representative, Roy Brown accused Pakistan of encouraging… Read More