3 May 2010 Asma Jahangir bids farewell to UN NGOs Asma Jahangir has served as UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief since 2004. She retires from her… Read More
Campaigns / 2 May 2010 IHEU at UK Foreign Office IHEU’s Geneva team was invited to the UK Foreign Office on 28 April 2010 to report on IHEU's activities at… Read More
30 April 2010 From the UN: World Press Freedom Day, May 3 Five journalists were assassinated in Honduras last month, all in drive-by shootings. In a wave of drug-related violence in the… Read More
Action Alert / 28 December 2009 Help Humanists fight blasphemy laws Blasphemy! It’s a cry as old as freethought, perhaps as old as religion. It’s also a crime wherever religion can… Read More
23 November 2009 “No Sharia” rally in London brings together Muslims and Humanists Muslims, ex-Muslims and non-Muslims joined forces in London to protest against Sharia and against all religious laws and courts. The… Read More
Campaigns / 10 November 2009 Belief groups unite to oppose UN blasphemy law The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined with more than 100 other groups from more than 20 countries… Read More
Campaigns / 29 October 2009 United Nations will violate Human Rights says new report on religious freedoms UN Blasphemy Law Would Make Religious Disagreements a Crime The United Nations is in danger of creating a global blasphemy… Read More
1 October 2009 Egyptian apostate facing death threats prevented from leaving the country An Egyptian Christian, Mr Maher El-Gowhary who faces a call by a leading Muslim cleric for Muslims to kill him,… Read More
26 September 2009 Freedom of Expression on trial again at the UN In a brave attempt at the Human Rights Council to re-establish their credentials as a team player on the world… Read More
29 June 2009 IHEU meets European Union leaders European Commission President Manuel Barroso and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pőttering hosted a lunch in Brussels on… Read More
8 June 2009 IHEU defends freedom of expression at the UN Human Rights Council IHEU representative Cathy Buchs today [8 June 2009] defended Freedom of Expression during a general debate at the 11th session… Read More