Iceland’s parliament agreed today to abolish the blasphemy provision of the Criminal Code. The Pirate Party’s parliamentarians submitted the proposal…

In the past few days the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has written to senior figures in Nigeria urging…

An important message from our friends and members, the Society for Humanism (SOCH) Nepal. A devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.9…

A resolution proposed ahead of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) seeks to limit freedom of expression on religion, and must be firmly…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is today among the founding partners heading a new, unified campaign for the abolition of “blasphemy”…

Humanist organizations have been among the chorus of human rights groups, activists, and governments internationally, calling for the release of persecuted…

It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The…

Following yesterday’s horrific attacks, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) in solidarity with the campaign by Index on Censorship,…

I will continue working for humanism… more determined than ever. These are the words of Kato Mukasa, following a fourth attack in…

Anti-slavery campaigner Biram Dah Abeid was arrested on 10 November in Mauritania. The award-winning human rights campaigner has worked with…

This summer, IHEU reported on the case of an atheist, Mubarak Bala, detained in a psychiatric ward because he was an…