27 October 2006 Romania: freedom of expression defended IHEU member organization Solidaritatea pentru Libertatea de Conştiinţă (Solidarity for Freedom of Conscience) is organizing a protest Folk-Rock Concert in… Read More
18 October 2006 What Future for Human Rights? Report on the chaotic second session of the new Human Rights Council In 2005, the UN Commission for Human Rights… Read More
13 October 2006 Perspectives on implementing the 1981 UN Declaration on Religious Tolerance and Non-Discrimination Matt Cherry, secretary of the United Nations Non-Government Organizations (NGO) Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Executive Director… Read More
6 October 2006 IHEU condemns restrictions on freedom of expression at the UN In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, IHEU has condemned attempts to stifle legitimate criticism of… Read More
Campaigns / 4 October 2006 The Redeker affair IHEU member organization Libre Pensée has condemned recent death threats for “blasphemy” against Robert Redeker as a blatant attempt at… Read More
20 September 2006 IHEU and NGOs press for UN action on Darfur In collaboration with more than 40 other NGOs, particularly the Association for World Education, IHEU has been pressing the UN… Read More
6 September 2006 Libre Pensée and Ligue de l’Enseignement launch joint campaign to preserve separation of religion and state A new Joint Declaration signed by IHEU member organization Libre Pensée and the Ligue de l’Enseignement sets out their absolute… Read More
2 September 2006 Australian parliament censors MP’s euthanasia speech South Australian Democrat MP Sandra Kanck has published a speech made to the South Australian parliament about euthanasia on a… Read More
Campaigns / 28 July 2006 Council of Europe backs free speech The Council of Europe has come down on the side of free expression after it rejected calls from religious groups… Read More
1 July 2006 Freedom of Expression under threat at the Human Rights Council The first session of the new UN Human Rights Council got underway on 19th June in Geneva, but despite the… Read More
Action Alert / 8 June 2006 IHEU asks President Musharraf to quash Qisas and Diyat Ordinance, defends right to fair trial IHEU's International Director Babu Gogineni has written to President Musharraf asking him to review the case of British Muslim Mirza… Read More