Advocacy News / 15 February 2018 Humanists join UN conference to implement plan on ending violence and atrocities The UN is trying to find new ways to prevent religious extremism and violence, and humanists are represented, working right… Read More
General news / 11 February 2018 Pakistani human rights defender Asma Jahangir dies age 66 Asma Jahangir has died at the age of 66. Asma was a great human rights defender and secularist, and the… Read More
General news / 8 February 2018 “We serve every citizen of this Earth”: Puerto Rico Governor vetoes law against LGBT people Last night Governor Ricardo Rosselló vetoed House Bill 1018, a measure that would have allowed individuals and religious groups to… Read More
General news / 1 February 2018 Death sentence of Ahmadreza Djalali has not been suspended, contra to reports An Iranian Swedish scientist, Ahmadreza Djalali, has been detained in Iran since April 2016, and received a death sentence last year. Some… Read More
General news / 24 January 2018 Humanists denounce proposed law to criminalize atheism in Egypt Egyptian lawmakers will consider a bill which would criminalize not believing in God. The proposed bill was discussed by the head of parliament’s… Read More
General news / 23 January 2018 Atheists are selfish and “act without moral inhibitions”, Cyprus schools tell children Humanist groups are protesting religious education resources in Cyprus, which mischaracterize atheists as narrowly materialistic and immoral, and which recommend… Read More
General news / 23 January 2018 Josh Kutchinsky – “one of the greatest friends to international humanism” – remembered Josh Kutchinsky, one of the greatest friends to international humanism, died last night. He had been suffering from an interstitial lung disease… Read More
General news / 22 January 2018 UK rejects asylum application from humanist because he fails to name ancient Greek philosophers A man in the United Kingdom, originally from Pakistan, has had his asylum application rejected on the grounds of how… Read More
General news / 11 December 2017 Humanist Association of Nigeria achieves formal recognition after 17-year campaign The Humanist Association of Nigeria has finally achieved registration as a formal organization from the government. It brings to a… Read More
General news / 4 December 2017 Humanists “actively persecuted” in seven countries in 2017, finds IHEU report New incidents or trends in seven countries show active persecution of atheists and humanists in 2017 85 countries in total… Read More
Campaigns / 10 November 2017 Mauritanian blogger accused of “apostasy” to be released – His immediate safety is paramount A blogger imprisoned in Mauritania for almost four years, and who at various times was sentenced to death, now looks… Read More