IHEU calls for abolishment of blasphemy laws during dialogue with UN Special Rapporteur
In its first statement at the 34th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union…
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Sweden rejects asylum application for threatened Bangladeshi blogger
Following the murders of several fellow bloggers in his homeland of Bangladesh, and having received death threats himself, Mishu Dhar…
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Prosecutors in Denmark charge man with ‘blasphemy’
Denmark is reactivating it’s ‘blasphemy’ law, for the first time in 46 years, charging a man for posting a video of himself…
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Banned from Iranian national chess team, Dorsa and Borna are “true champions” says IHEU
Two young chess champions have been banned from representing the national team of their home country, Iran. Dorsa Derakhshani was…
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International condemnation as professor from Free University Brussels sentenced to death in Iran
An Iranian professor who studied and worked internationally has been sentenced to death in Iran for unknown crimes, without a…
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Open letter: Transnational Humanist organizations call on Greece to abolish ‘blasphemy’
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and the European Humanist Federation (EHF) are calling on Greece’s new human rights chief…
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Humanists and civil rights activists mourn and celebrate life of Ramon Casha
We are deeply saddened by the death of Ramon Casha, chair of the Malta Humanist Association, and a campaigner of…
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Pakistan’s “disappeared” activists – What we know
Update 28 January 2017: The five activists and bloggers have now reportedly been released, however, they are alleged to have…
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New “Online Edition” of the Freedom of Thought Report launched today
The world’s only global report focusing on discrimination and persecution faced by the non-religious has a new “Online Edition”, launched…
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UPR statement on Paraguay
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) Universal Periodic Review –…
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UPR statement on Denmark
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 32nd Session (13th June – 1st July 2016) UPR:…
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