Advocacy News / 25 September 2017 285 NGOs call on UN to address the human rights violations arising from criminalization of abortion Ahead of the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, 285 non-governmental organisations, including the International Humanist… Read More
Campaigns / 21 June 2017 IHEU launches World Humanist Day crowdfunding campaign Today, for World Humanist Day the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is launching a crowdfunding campaign to protect humanists at risk… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 June 2017 Humanists at UN highlight role of free expression in fostering tolerance Humanists have told the United Nations: to combat intolerance we don’t need restrictions on free expression, we need more free expression. During… Read More
Advocacy News / 19 June 2017 IHEU and coalition of NGOs highlight concerns about ‘Protection of the Family’ resolution at UN In conjunction with a number of human rights NGOs, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on UN Human… Read More
Advocacy News / 7 June 2017 IHEU to UN: protect human rights activists brave enough to criticise radical Islam The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) made its first statement to the 35th session of the United Nations Human… Read More
9 May 2017 Blasphemy prison term for Jakarta governor is “the wail of a warning siren” in Indonesia The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been found guilty of blasphemy and handed a two-year prison term. It’s a signal… Read More
General news / 28 April 2017 Man sentenced to death ‘for atheism’ in Saudi Arabia 29-year-old Ahmad Al Shamri has been sentenced to death after his appeal against charges of ‘atheism and blasphemy’ were denied… Read More
Conferences / 30 March 2017 Report from UN Human Rights Council – March 2017 Elizabeth O’Casey is Director of Advocacy for the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) The March session is the longest session… Read More
Advocacy News / 16 March 2017 IHEU calls on states to stand up for right to artistic expression and scientific enquiry In a discussion of a UN report on the issue of extremism and cultural rights at the UN Human Rights Council… Read More
Advocacy News / 13 March 2017 IHEU calls for abolishment of blasphemy laws during dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur In its first statement at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 September 2016 Humanists call on Greece to ban incitement to hatred and abolish blasphemy At the UN a group of humanist NGOs have called on Greece to decriminalise blasphemy in the country and ensure that… Read More