General news / 27 July 2017 Rights, refugee and humanist groups protest delays that keep families apart Refugees in Europe are being hampered by new rules that delay processing and keep families apart. Amid the wider mass… Read More
General news / 26 July 2017 Humanists call on Saudi Arabia to release man sentenced to death for atheism Humanist groups today called on the Saudi government to release a man convicted of atheism and sentenced to death. US-based… 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 / 16 June 2017 Free Raif Badawi! – IHEU delivers personal plea from Ensaf Haidar to UN It’s been five years since Saudi writer and activist, Raif Badawi was imprisoned for advocating liberalism and secularism. Today the… Read More
Advocacy News / 15 June 2017 IHEU puts on record its support for UN LGBTI expert, amidst OIC boycott The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has spoken out in defence of the UN Human Rights Council’s investigation into human… Read More
General news / 13 June 2017 Anti-terrorism court hands down death sentence over “blasphemous” Facebook post A court in Pakistan has handed down a death sentence to a 30-year-old man for making a post on Facebook. Taimoor Raza… 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
Campaigns / 2 June 2017 Blasphemy law in Denmark is no more! Today, the Danish parliament — the Folketing — has voted to abolish another European blasphemy law! Following a controversial prosecution, a… 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
General news / 26 April 2017 Saudi place on UN women’s rights commission “brings our valuable international institutions into disrepute” – IHEU Saudi Arabia, one of the worst states in the world for the rights of women, has been elected to a UN Commission… Read More