3 March 2008 Petition for defence of individual rights at the UN Human Rights Council The International League Against Racism and Antisemitism has launched a petition calling on democracies to defend the freedom of the… Read More
Young Humanists International / 6 February 2008 Pakistan – between Democratisation and Talibanisation Since its independence in 1947, Pakistan has lived under firm control of military and civil burocracy. People have no say… Read More
Humanists International News / 28 January 2008 IHEU debates organized religion at Durham University At a debate on the motion, "This House has no faith in organized religion", IHEU Vice President Jack Jeffery supported… Read More
25 October 2007 Excerpt from report to the UN General Assembly regarding non believers UN General Assembly A/62/280 Exerpt from: Interim Report of Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Asma Jahangir. 20… Read More
21 October 2007 IHEU endorses statement to UN on defamation of religion In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, endorsed by IHEU, World Population Foundation representative Diana Brown called on… Read More
13 October 2007 IHEU speaks out at the UN on freedom of religion and freedom of expression Speaking at the United Nations Human Rights Council, IHEU has called for a clear distinction to be drawn between protection… Read More
Growth and Development / 30 September 2007 IHEU-HIVOS 2007 grants programme Applications for funding under the 2007 grants programme closed on 30 September 2007. Read More
15 September 2007 IHEU speaks out on freedom of religion and freedom of expression at the UN Human Rights Council In the "interactive dialogue" following a presentation on Freedom of Religion or Belief by Special Rapporteur, Asma Jahangir, IHEU defended… Read More
Action Alert / 21 August 2007 Creationists censor blogs in Turkey In the August 2007 International Humanist News, Taner Edis wrote about creationism in the Islamic world and in particular "Harun… Read More
23 July 2007 IHEU: ‘Combating Defamation of Religion’ unnecessary, flawed and morally wrong In its submission on Combating Defamation of Religions to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva… Read More
Campaigns / 13 July 2007 Council of Europe backs separation of religion and state Following discussions to which IHEU representatives contributed, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has strongly supported the separation… Read More