Action Alert / 15 September 2014 Act now to #FreeRaif: Calling for freedom gets you 10 Years, 1000 lashes, in Saudi Arabia Time is running out for a young activist who called for greater freedom, and now faces devastating corporal punishment and a decade… Read More
General news / 1 September 2014 Humanists and witchcraft abuse campaigners sued by Nigerian “witch hunter” pastor in UK courts The British Humanist Association and Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN), are being sued by the wealthy evangelical preacher… Read More
Conferences / 12 August 2014 Wole Soyinka’s International Humanist Award acceptance speech – full text Nobel Laureate and staunch defender of freedom and humanism, Wole Soyinka, joined Pakistani women’s rights activist, Gulalai Ismail, in being… Read More
Conferences / 12 August 2014 Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression The delegates at World Humanist Congress assented on 10th August and the IHEU General Assembly approved on 11th August the Oxford… Read More
General news / 1 August 2014 Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality law overturned by constitutional court The new Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda has been declared “null and void” by the constitutional court, ruling on a challenge brought… Read More
General news / 24 July 2014 IHEU statement on Israel-Palestine conflict The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is deeply pained by the resumption of conflict, after a period of relative… Read More
Campaigns / 3 July 2014 Mubarak Bala is free WARNING: This article is from 2014, when Mubarak Bala was freed from the psychiatric ward where he was detained against… Read More
Campaigns / 24 June 2014 Nigerian man detained on psychiatric ward for “atheism” A Nigerian man has been detained and medicated for over a week on a psychiatric ward in Kano state, Nigeria,… Read More
General news / 20 June 2014 World Humanist Day 2014 Humanists around the world are once again celebrating World Humanist Day. In 2014 the day falls on a Saturday and… Read More
General news / 19 June 2014 LGBTI rights and democracy: Populist discrimination is still discrimination Despite being firmly established in international human rights law and a matter of basic human dignity, the rights of LGBTI people are… Read More
General news / 12 June 2014 What is free expression when journalists and activists are “banned or punished by lashes, prison or the death penalty”? International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) spoke yesterday afternoon at the UN Human Rights Council on how many states are… Read More