Human rights

At the Millennium Summit in New York exactly ten years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted ten "Millennium Development Goals"…

The disgraceful problem of child witch hunts in Nigeria was addressed for the first time this week by the United…

Leo Igwe, IHEU’s representative for West Africa, spoke about Freedom of Conscience and Religious Persecution in Africa at the 47th…

Dear Readers of the YouthSpeak, The theme of this edition of the e-zine is ‘Blasphemy and Religious Rights’ and it…

Five journalists were assassinated in Honduras last month, all in drive-by shootings. In a wave of drug-related violence in the…

Following a campaign by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and other human rights supporters, the Islamic Republic of…

Under that theme „Religious freedom and freedom of speech“ two umbrella organisations (DFW and IBKA), both based in Germany invited…

Update: Iran has withdrawn its candidacy. IHEU President Sonja Eggerickx today launched an international appeal to keep Iran out of…

On 25 March, in the closest vote yet on "Combating Defamation of Religion", the UN Human Rights Council adopted the…

Speaking at the United Nations today, 23 March 2010, IHEU representative Roy Brown called on the UN Human Rights Council…

Legal and diplomatic condemnations of Iran by UN Member States In March 2010, the Federal Court of Switzerland, the country’s…