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General news / 4 March 2016

Psychiatric detention and charges against atheist show “Soviet era abuse of psychiatry, apparently alive and well in Russia today”

An atheist in Russia, Viktor Krasnov (38) faces the threat of jail time for saying online that, “There is no god”…

General news / 26 February 2016

Europe stands with Bangladeshi atheists at Solidarity Book Fair in The Hague

Secular bloggers who fled Bangladesh in fear for their lives, and two survivors of machete attacks, joined human rights organizations at the…

Humanists International News / 8 January 2016

IHEU’s Freedom of Thought Report 2015… “Why should we pamper Saudi Arabia for oil?”

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) produces and publishes the annual Freedom of Thought Report, a flagship survey on the legal status and human rights…

Young Humanists International / 14 December 2015

‘Laïcité’ is not an opinion; it is the freedom to have one

Laetitia Gaspar examines the principles of French secularism (Laïcité), its history, the challenges it faces, and the implications it has today. This article first appeared…

General news / 10 December 2015

Freedom of Thought Report 2015

Today the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is launching the Freedom of Thought Report 2015 at the European Parliament in…

Campaigns / 27 November 2015

Death for “apostasy” must not stand! Free Ashraf Fayadh

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) joins around 60 human rights organisations internationally, protesting the death sentence handed down last…

Advocacy Statement / 2015 / Kyrgyzstan / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

LGBTI rights and Freedex

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015) General Debate, Item 2/3 …

Advocacy Statement / 2015 / Egypt / UN Human Rights Council / Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention /

Egypt’s hate campaign against atheists

ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council, 29th Session (15th June – 3rd July 2015)…

General news / 31 October 2015

Coordinated machete attack on publishers of secular authors in Bangladesh

In what now appears to be a coordinated attack, at least one person has been killed and three people have…

Campaigns / 7 October 2015

Statement on terrorism conviction against Mumtaz Qadri

The Pakistan Supreme Court has today upheld a terrorism conviction against Mumtaz Qadri, thus restoring the death penalty against him. Mumtaz…

General news / 5 October 2015

Achievements of Hope Knutsson and Siðmennt celebrated at 25th anniversary celebration

The Icelandic Ethical Humanist Association (Siðmennt) met this past weekend to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their founding. Among conference events…

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