Humanists at UN highlight role of free expression in fostering tolerance
Humanists have told the United Nations: to combat intolerance we don’t need restrictions on free expression, we need more free expression. During…
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Free Raif Badawi! – IHEU delivers personal plea from Ensaf Haidar to UN
It’s been five years since Saudi writer and activist, Raif Badawi was imprisoned for advocating liberalism and secularism. Today the…
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IHEU to UN: protect human rights activists brave enough to criticise radical Islam
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) made its first statement to the 35th session of the United Nations Human…
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Blasphemy prison term for Jakarta governor is “the wail of a warning siren” in Indonesia
The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been found guilty of blasphemy and handed a two-year prison term. It’s a signal…
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Man sentenced to death ‘for atheism’ in Saudi Arabia
29-year-old Ahmad Al Shamri has been sentenced to death after his appeal against charges of ‘atheism and blasphemy’ were denied…
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Murder in the Maldives: a tragic consequence of a state where democracy is being obliterated
A ‘freethinking’ secularist blogger has been stabbed to death in the Maldives. It’s a tragedy which demonstrates again that in…
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“Humanist” murdered by fellow university students for alleged “blasphemy”
A student who referred to himself as “The Humanist” has been murdered today by dozens of fellow students, after a “blasphemy”…
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Pakistan is harassing and persecuting the non-religious under the guise of “blasphemy”
The first few months of 2017 has seen a disturbing attack on ‘atheist’, ‘liberal’ and ‘secular’ writers and bloggers in Pakistan,…
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Uphold human rights: abolish laws against blasphemy and apostasy globally, IHEU tells UN
The IHEU at the UN Human Rights Council has called for global repeal of apostasy and blasphemy laws, which are…
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Rationalists murdered and liberties threatened as state intolerance rises in India
Extremists are threatening and killing ‘rationalist’ activists. And they’re being emboldened by an increasingly intolerant government. There are reports today that…
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Freedom of religion or belief should not be used to discriminate against others, says IHEU to UN High Commissioner
During an interactive dialogue with the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, IHEU highlighted how the right to freedom of…
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