Take Action: Social media campaign against “witch-hunting” ministry in Nigeria
Human Rights Groups Call for Week of Social Media Activism Against Witch-Hunts in Cross River State, Nigeria A group of…
Read More
UK government supports IHEU Freedom of Thought report
A report by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has received welcoming support during parliamentary proceedings of the UK’s…
Read More
World Humanist Congress 2014
The World Humanist Congress, held every three years, is the main event in the calendar of the International Humanist and…
Read More
Humanists speak out – in Arabic – at UN
IHEU representative Kacem Elghazali speaking in Arabic at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday (17 September 2013) attacked…
Read More
Humanists attack marital and sexual slavery and the Islamic obsession with Islamophobia
On Tuesday 17 September 2013, Amelia Cooper, representing the British Humanist Association at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva,…
Read More
Human Rights in Mauritania: Slavery, Forced Marriage and Death for Apostasy
On 13 September 2013, in collaboration with the anti-slavery association IRA-Mauritanie and Center for Inquiry USA, IHEU hosted a seminar…
Read More
New website on documenting discrimination against the non-religious
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is pleased to launch a new website, freethoughtreport.com available from today. Freethoughtreport.com is a hub for…
Read More
IHEU protests “gratuitous, violent sentence” handed to Saudi liberal activist
A writer and activist known for his liberal views was sentenced on Monday to 600 lashes and 7 years in…
Read More
Humanists condemn confiscation of religious texts in Uzbekistan
The authorities in Uzbekistan have been raiding homes and confiscating religious texts such as the Koran and the Bible. The…
Read More
Apostasy is not a crime
International Humanist and Ethical Union Joint statement with British Humanist Association and Center for Inquiry UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: 22nd…
Read More
“Speak, for the cup of hemlock is not yet on your lips” by jailed atheist blogger Asif Mohiuddin
Bangladeshi atheist blogger Asif Mohiuddin has been in prison since 3 April for "hurting religious beliefs". The formal charges…
Read More