Apostasy laws

At the recent IHEU General Assembly 2017, we made two awards to commend the remarkable efforts of two activists who have…

Atheists who were photographed celebrating at a recent meeting in Kuala Lumpur are being “hunted” by the authorities, and receiving death…

Humanist groups today called on the Saudi government to release a man convicted of atheism and sentenced to death. US-based…

Today, for World Humanist Day the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is launching a crowdfunding campaign to protect humanists at risk…

It’s been five years since Saudi writer and activist, Raif Badawi was imprisoned for advocating liberalism and secularism. Today the…

29-year-old Ahmad Al Shamri has been sentenced to death after his appeal against charges of ‘atheism and blasphemy’ were denied…

Elizabeth O’Casey is Director of Advocacy for the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) The March session is the longest session…

The IHEU at the UN Human Rights Council has called for global repeal of apostasy and blasphemy laws, which are…

During an interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, IHEU highlighted how the right to freedom of…

In a discussion of a UN report on the issue of extremism and cultural rights at the UN Human Rights Council…

In its first statement at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union…