Blasphemy laws

Iceland’s parliament agreed today to abolish the blasphemy provision of the Criminal Code. The Pirate Party’s parliamentarians submitted the proposal…

In the past few days the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has written to senior figures in Nigeria urging…

As reported in the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)’s Freedom of Thought Report last year, the Egyptian state is…

“Breaking through with reason and Humanism” was the theme of PATASCon, the conference of the Philippines Atheists and Agnostics Society…

Early this morning, Ananta Bijoy Das was murdered, hacked to death by four assailants on the streets close to his home. Ananta had…

A resolution proposed ahead of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) seeks to limit freedom of expression on religion, and must be firmly…

In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised its concerns…

We need the right to speak freely and critically about religion and related topics, and it is also vital that we protect those…

During the current session of the UN Human Rights Council, Denmark has announced that, after conducting a review on the…

Yesterday, the High Court in Lahore, Pakistan, upheld the murder conviction against self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, despite significant pressure from…

On Saturday afternoon a gunman targeted a blasphemy seminar at a cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark. Despite significant security measures already…