Advocacy News / 15 June 2017 IHEU puts on record its support for UN LGBTI expert, amidst OIC boycott The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has spoken out in defence of the UN Human Rights Council’s investigation into human… Read More
General news / 13 June 2017 Anti-terrorism court hands down death sentence over “blasphemous” Facebook post A court in Pakistan has handed down a death sentence to a 30-year-old man for making a post on Facebook. Taimoor Raza… Read More
Advocacy News / 7 June 2017 IHEU to UN: protect human rights activists brave enough to criticise radical Islam The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) made its first statement to the 35th session of the United Nations Human… Read More
Campaigns / 2 June 2017 Blasphemy law in Denmark is no more! Today, the Danish parliament — the Folketing — has voted to abolish another European blasphemy law! Following a controversial prosecution, a… Read More
Café Humaniste / 26 May 2017 IHEU announces first in new series of events: Café Humaniste Clicca qui per leggere l’articolo in italiano The IHEU is pleased to announce the launch of Café Humaniste, a new… Read More
9 May 2017 Blasphemy prison term for Jakarta governor is “the wail of a warning siren” in Indonesia The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been found guilty of blasphemy and handed a two-year prison term. It’s a signal… Read More
General news / 28 April 2017 Man sentenced to death ‘for atheism’ in Saudi Arabia 29-year-old Ahmad Al Shamri has been sentenced to death after his appeal against charges of ‘atheism and blasphemy’ were denied… Read More
General news / 26 April 2017 Saudi place on UN women’s rights commission “brings our valuable international institutions into disrepute” – IHEU Saudi Arabia, one of the worst states in the world for the rights of women, has been elected to a UN Commission… Read More
Humanists International News / 24 April 2017 Murder in the Maldives: a tragic consequence of a state where democracy is being obliterated A ‘freethinking’ secularist blogger has been stabbed to death in the Maldives. It’s a tragedy which demonstrates again that in… Read More
24 April 2017 Six questioned for Pride “blasphemy” in Greece Six people face prosecution for “blasphemy” in Greece, after a Greek Orthodox bishop complained about an image they didn’t actually… Read More
General news / 13 April 2017 “Humanist” murdered by fellow university students for alleged “blasphemy” A student who referred to himself as “The Humanist” has been murdered today by dozens of fellow students, after a “blasphemy”… Read More