Blasphemy laws

Following discussions to which IHEU representatives contributed, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has strongly supported the separation…

IHEU was represented at a recent conference organized by the Council of Europe, "The Religious Dimension in intercultural Dialogue". IHEU…

The fourth session of the new Human Rights Council was held in Geneva from 12 to 30 March 2007, but…

Update: Applications for 2006 funding are now closed.

Matt Cherry, secretary of the United Nations Non-Government Organizations (NGO) Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Executive Director…

IHEU member organization Libre Pensée has condemned recent death threats for “blasphemy” against Robert Redeker as a blatant attempt at…

A new Joint Declaration signed by IHEU member organization Libre Pensée and the Ligue de l’Enseignement sets out their absolute…

The Council of Europe has come down on the side of free expression after it rejected calls from religious groups…

IHEU's International Director Babu Gogineni has written to President Musharraf asking him to review the case of British Muslim Mirza…

IHEU president Roy Brown was one of the speakers on 6 April at a seminar in Paris entitled "Nous n'avons…

With the adoption by the UN General Assembly ealier this month of the resolution creating the new Human Rights Council,…