5 January 2015 IHEU condemns death sentence for “apostasy”, handed to writer in Mauritania A writer in Mauritania has been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, putting the crime of leaving Islam on a par with the country’s… Read More
Humanists International News / 10 December 2014 “Atheists, humanists and liberals” now targeted as a distinct minority by “hate campaigns” — report Non-religious people are being targeted by “hate campaigns” in countries around the world, as a distinct minority group, the latest… Read More
General news / 3 December 2014 Let’s Kickstart “Arabs Without God” Arabs Without God is the first book to look at atheism in the contemporary Middle East. It examines why a… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Iraq / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention / ISIS abuses in Iraq ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) General Debate, Item 4 The current… Read More
General news / 22 September 2014 Religious law, prison for “blasphemy”, severe sexual inequalilty: Qatar’s human rights review The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised serious concerns about the situation for freedom of religion, belief, expression… Read More
Campaigns / 17 September 2014 ISIS: States across the region share in the responsibility, having promoted an ideology of supremacism and violence Representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva spoke this morning about ISIS,… Read More
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
Conferences / 8 August 2014 World Humanist Congress has begun in Oxford, UK Hosted by International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) member organization, the British Humanist Association, the World Humanist Congress 2014 is… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / Imprisoned for blasphemy and apostasy: two cases ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 25th Session (3rd – 28th March 2014) Agenda Item 4: General Debate IMPRISONED… 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