Advocacy News / 19 June 2015 IHEU highlights role of child marriage in blocking girls’ right to education Around the world, girls are severely deprived when it comes to education. At the 29th session of the UN Human… Read More
General news / 12 May 2015 Third atheist writer hacked to death in Bangladesh this year Early this morning, Ananta Bijoy Das was murdered, hacked to death by four assailants on the streets close to his home. Ananta had… Read More
General news / 2 April 2015 “No, I will not write about war crimes, Islamic extremism, the country or politics anymore” Washiqur Rahamn Babu was killed on Monday. Two of his three killers — allegedly students from two different madrassa — say they had… Read More
General news / 30 March 2015 Another atheist blogger murdered in Bangladesh this morning Washiqur Rahman’s Facebook banner declares “#IamAvijit”, after the leading secular and humanist blogger, Avijit Roy, who was murdered a month ago in Bangladesh. This… Read More
Campaigns / 26 March 2015 New international call to “prevent disrespect for religions” must be firmly rejected A resolution proposed ahead of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) seeks to limit freedom of expression on religion, and must be firmly… Read More
Advocacy News / 25 March 2015 The IHEU calls out India at UN on Caste-based Discrimination The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has confronted India at the UN Human Rights Council for its failure to… Read More
Advocacy News / 25 March 2015 IHEU Representative elected to Freedom of Religion or Belief NGO Committee The International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) Head of Delegation to the UN Human Rights Council, Elizabeth O’Casey, has been… Read More
Advocacy News / 24 March 2015 IHEU calls for end to empty rhetoric and hypocrisy on issue of free speech In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised its concerns… Read More
Advocacy News / 20 March 2015 IHEU calls on UN to do more to protect Mauritanian anti-slavery campaigners The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised the plight of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania with the UN Human… Read More
General news / 18 March 2015 Bardo Museum terror “another atrocity against human life, culture and democracy” As many as 19 victims have been killed in a terror attack at the Bardo Museum, next to the parliament building in… Read More
General news / 17 March 2015 Denmark announces it will keep its blasphemy law During the current session of the UN Human Rights Council, Denmark has announced that, after conducting a review on the… Read More