23 September 2008 IHEU attacks concept of “Islamophobia” IHEU has told the UN Human Rights Council that the concept of "Islamophobia" is unhelpful and misleading, wrongly implying that… Read More
23 September 2008 New team attacks religious privilege at the UN After ploughing our lonely furrow at the Human Rights Council for the past five years, often with only the colourful… Read More
23 September 2008 IHEU speaks out (cautiously) against OIC censorship at UN Following the successful attempts by the Islamic States at the 7th and 8th sessions of the Human Rights Council in… Read More
23 September 2008 IHEU defends rights of women and attacks censorship at the UN In a joint statement with Center for Inquiry, IHEU has condemned abuses of women's human rights, including child marriage and… Read More
23 September 2008 AWE addresses human rights violations experienced by women In an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council, the Association for World Education has supported IHEU in calling… Read More
Members and partners / 23 September 2008 CFI supports humanity, equality and human rights for women Center for Inquiry has delivered an oral statement at the UN Human Rights Council supporting IHEU in defending the rights… Read More
23 September 2008 USA speaks out strongly against OIC manoeuvring on “defamation of religion” The US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, John V. Hanford III, has strongly supported freedom of religion and… Read More
23 September 2008 Defamation of religion is not a human rights concept – Belgium In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Belgium has come out firmly on the side of individual human… Read More
Conferences / 8 September 2008 Humanist events for Europride 2008 On 30 July, as part of the programme of Europride 2008, the Swedish Humanist Association organised two very successful events.… Read More
Humanists International News / 8 September 2008 Continuum of Humanist Education IHEU member organization the Institute for Humanist Studies has made its online e-learning materials on Humanism freely available to all.… Read More
Young Humanists International / 28 August 2008 Gays cause earthquakes in Israel In a marked intervention in the Israeli Parliament, member of the ultra-orthodox Shas party Shlomo Benizri blamed gays for recent… Read More