Advocacy News / 27 June 2018 Release Blogger and Scrap Death Penalty law! NGOs urge Mauritania at United Nations Today on the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group of ten NGOs jointly called on Mauritania… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 June 2018 At the UN, IHEU calls out populist leaders promoting homophobia and hate Humanists at the United Nations have criticized the track record of many populist leaders and governments on LGBTI people and… Read More
General news / 11 June 2018 Freethinking writer and politician shot dead in Bangladesh A publisher of poetry and ‘freethought’ texts, who openly identified as atheist, has been shot dead in Bangladesh. Shahzahan Bachchu… Read More
Conferences / 30 May 2018 IHEU delivers new training on ‘freedom of religion or belief’ for EU delegates The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has provided human rights training on freedom of religion or belief to members… Read More
General news / 23 May 2018 Vote yes! Humanists’ message to Ireland The Board of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) have urged the people of Ireland to vote ‘yes’ in… Read More
General news / 16 May 2018 NGOs protest as Mauritania creates “mandatory” death sentence for apostasy and blasphemy The death sentence will be mandatory for “apostasy” and “blasphemy”-related crimes in Mauritania, under a new law passed by the… Read More
General news / 4 May 2018 IHEU raises concerns for Egyptian atheist Sherif Gaber A prominent Egyptian atheist YouTuber, who has been in hiding from “insult to religion” charges since 2015, has apparently disappeared after… Read More
Advocacy News / 30 April 2018 IHEU returns to African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has re-established its presence at the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.… Read More
General news / 25 April 2018 German state of Bavaria orders crosses in all state buildings – Humanists protest The Bavarian state cabinet has ordered that Christian crosses be hung in all official buildings, in apparent contravention of the… Read More
Conferences / 17 April 2018 It’s time to repeal European Blasphemy Laws, Humanists tell the European Parliament The International Humanist and Ethical Union has used an annual meeting of non-religious organisations at the European Parliament to call… Read More
Advocacy News / 26 March 2018 IHEU and Nepali humanists to UN: Nepal must act to end “kuriti” now Humanists in Nepal and internationally have called on Nepal and the international community to do more to combat harmful traditional and cultural… Read More