Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief Archives - Page 41 of 51

Action Alert / 3 October 2014

Atheist detained as a psychiatric patient still needs your help

This summer, IHEU reported on the case of an atheist, Mubarak Bala, detained in a psychiatric ward because he was an…

Advocacy blog / 29 September 2014 / E O'Casey

Freedom of Expression and Universal Human Rights at the Human Rights Council

IHEU's Head of Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, Elizabeth O'Casey, blogs on the threat to vital values at the…

General news / 22 September 2014

Religious law, prison for “blasphemy”, severe sexual inequalilty: Qatar’s human rights review

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised serious concerns about the situation for freedom of religion, belief, expression…

General news / 19 September 2014

New Sharia law, harsh penalties, worse to come: Brunei’s human rights review

Earlier this year, Brunei started the process of introducing Sharia law into its penal code. The new Penal Code contains…

General news / 19 September 2014

Church-state entanglement and pushing religious values: Norway’s human rights review

In association with its member organisation, the Norwegian Humanist Association, Human-Etisk Forbund (NHA), the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has…

Campaigns / 17 September 2014

ISIS: States across the region share in the responsibility, having promoted an ideology of supremacism and violence

Representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva spoke this morning about ISIS,…

Action Alert / 15 September 2014

Act now to #FreeRaif: Calling for freedom gets you 10 Years, 1000 lashes, in Saudi Arabia

Time is running out for a young activist who called for greater freedom, and now faces devastating corporal punishment and a decade…

Conferences / 12 August 2014

Wole Soyinka’s International Humanist Award acceptance speech – full text

Nobel Laureate and staunch defender of freedom and humanism, Wole Soyinka, joined Pakistani women’s rights activist, Gulalai Ismail, in being…

Conferences / 12 August 2014

Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression

The delegates at World Humanist Congress assented on 10th August and the IHEU General Assembly approved on 11th August the Oxford…

Philosopher and humanist AC Grayling vies the opening plenary to an audience of 1000 at World Humanist Congress 2014

Conferences / 8 August 2014

World Humanist Congress has begun in Oxford, UK

Hosted by International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) member organization, the British Humanist Association, the World Humanist Congress 2014 is…

Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Mauritania / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights /

Imprisoned for blasphemy and apostasy: two cases

ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 25th Session (3rd – 28th March 2014) Agenda Item 4: General Debate IMPRISONED…

Freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief

Share