Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief

At the close of the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the appointment of Dr Ahmed Shaheed as…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has once again reiterated to the UN Human Rights Council that anti-blasphemy laws…

Humanists told the UN Human Rights Council this morning that “the state-church institution is fundamentally unfair” in Denmark as elsewhere,…

Today at the United Nations, the International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, read out a poem that…

A greeting from the new president of IHEYO, Marieke Prien, for International Humanist Day, 21 June 2016 For me it is…

World Humanist Day is an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the contribution that humanism and humanists have made to the…

“Religious doctrine and the right to freedom of religion or belief should never be put before the rights of women…

Humanists around the world have reacted with sadness and renewed determination in the face of the Orlando LGBTI nightclub massacre.…

Rumana Hashem asks how the horrors of mob killing — including many unreported incidents — is destroying the social fabric of…

Two LGBT activists have been hacked to death at a house in Kalabagan, Dhaka. Xulhaz Mannan was editor of the LGBT magazine Roopbaan and…

Early this morning (Saturday 23 April) a university lecturer was hacked to death in Bangladesh. Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique was a teacher…