Growth and Development / 28 July 2008 IHEU-HIVOS 2008 grants programme IHEU invites applications for funding in the 2008 IHEU-HIVOS grants programme. The deadline for applications was September 30th, 2008. APPLICATIONS… Read More
Humanists International News / 27 June 2008 Support for IHEU’s work at the UN Human Rights Council Support for and interest in IHEU's work for freedom of expression at the UN has come from many commentators, following… Read More
23 June 2008 Discussion of religious questions now banned at UN Human Rights Council The UN Human Rights Council is not allowed to judge religions, according to president Doru Romulus Costea of Romania. Criticism… Read More
15 June 2008 World Association of Newspapers condemns UN Human Rights Council on freedom of expression The World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and World Editors Forum has condemned the UN Human Rights Council’s repeated efforts to… Read More
18 April 2008 IHEU and NSS sound the alarm on freedom of expression at the UN At the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Tuesday, 15 April, states belonging to the Organisation of Islamic Conference… Read More
30 March 2008 Vote on freedom of expression marks the end of Universal Human Rights For the past eleven years the organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), representing the 57 Islamic States, has been tightening… Read More
26 March 2008 China blocks discussion of Tibet at the Human Rights Council The Chinese delegation to the Human Rights Council succeeded in blocking all criticism of their actions in Tibet by invoking… Read More
Members and partners / 22 March 2008 Punjab bans rationalist literature In a shocking affront to freedom of expression, the Government of Punjab, India, has banned four rationalist books and threatened… Read More
16 March 2008 Pakistan: discussion of Shari’a “insulting for our faith” A representative of Pakistan, in an astonishing intervention at the United Nations Human Rights Council, has claimed that "It is… Read More
16 March 2008 Video of UN “ambush” now available A video of the "ambush" of IHEU at last week's session of the United Nations Human Rights Council is now… Read More
14 March 2008 IHEU “ambushed” at Human Rights Council In a follow-up to IHEU’s written statement to the UN Human Rights Council describing Islamic efforts to undermine the Universal… Read More