Campaigns / 5 March 2019 New Zealand is latest nation to repeal ‘blasphemy’ laws Politicians in New Zealand have voted to abolish "outdated" criminal law including "blasphemous libel" Read More
Membership blog / 25 February 2019 / Humanists International “I’m travelling around the world talking to humanists, freethinkers and atheists” Meet Kirstine Kærn, the activist using a career break to visit humanists wherever she can find them Read More
Members and partners / 27 October 2018 IHEU President helps Danish Humanists celebrate 10 years The President of the International Humanist and Ethical Union, Andrew Copson, travelled to Copenhagen to congratulate the Danish Humanist Association… Read More
Action Alert / 17 October 2018 PETITION: Return Gulalai Ismail’s passport and right to travel Join our urgent call for the Pakistan authorities to return Gulalai’s passport and respect her right to travel! On the… Read More
Membership blog / 1 June 2018 / Giovanni Gaetani “Humanists united will never be defeated!”: what I learnt from humanists in Latin America Humanists International Growth and Development Officer, Giovanni Gaetani, blogs on a working tour of Latin America - where Humanists International… 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
General news / 22 February 2018 “Children have the right to opt-out from religious instruction”, say atheists in Peru, Colombia and Italy Even in countries where children or families have the right to opt-out from religious instruction or teaching, many are… Read More
Members and partners / 31 January 2018 Censored in Milan: a campaign to promote an alternative to religious teaching in schools The Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics (UAAR) is running an ad campaign called “Can I choose when I grow… Read More
Chief Executive blog / 25 January 2018 / Gary McLelland Reflections on a humanist trip to India and Nepal International Humanist and Ethical Union Chief Executive Gary McLelland writes about his recent trip to India and Nepal to meet… 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 / 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