Freedom of expression

In what looks like a major climb down on the part of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) this…

The friends of Mauritania, mostly Islamic states, who spoke in an hour-long debate in the Human Rights Council Friday, 18…

In a joint statement by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and Centre for Inquiry (CFI) at the UN…

When IHEU were prevented on a technicality from delivering a speech on blasphemy and violence in the name of religion at…

On 25 February 2011, at a hastily called special session, the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution to seek the suspension on…

The murder of journalists in Russia, the jailing of bloggers in China, the onslaught against independent media in Iran, and…

To mark International Human Rights Day, the International Humanist and Ethical Union is co-sponsoring an all day conference on “Apostasy,…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is protesting the imprisonment of a Palestinian blogger for alleged atheism. Waleed Khalid…

The British Humanist Association (BHA) reports with sadness the death of Claire Rayner, BHA President from 1999 to 2004, and…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has submitted a Paper to a recent Council of Europe conference called to…

The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, PhD, is an academic who spent…