Blasphemy laws

Blasphemy! It’s a cry as old as freethought, perhaps as old as religion. It’s also a crime wherever religion can…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined with more than 100 other groups from more than 20 countries…

The IHEU policy paper, Speaking Freely About Religion: Religious Freedom, Defamation and Blasphemy, is available for download at the bottom…

UN Blasphemy Law Would Make Religious Disagreements a Crime The United Nations is in danger of creating a global blasphemy…

It is disheartening to know that  laws still exist today that criminalizes  certain expressions as blasphemous. It is even more…

I have never been a fan of outright religious provocations hence I have been accussed many times by friends as…

In a brave attempt at the Human Rights Council to re-establish their credentials as a team player on the world…

IHEYO has published the September issue of Youthspeak. In this issue: Presidential Note: Can Secularism Save Ailing Religious Nations? Editorial:…

Over 120 people crowded into London's Bishopsgate Institute on the evening of 10th July to celebrate the 30th birthday of…

European Commission President Manuel Barroso and President of the European Parliament Hans Gert Pőttering hosted a lunch in Brussels on…

IHEU representative Cathy Buchs today [8 June 2009] defended Freedom of Expression during a general debate at the 11th session…