General news / 16 January 2015 “Do not punch your critics.” Humanists defend free speech under attack It has been a bad time for freedom of expression the past two weeks. Last Friday, liberal Saudi writer Raif Badawi was… Read More
Campaigns / 9 January 2015 IHEU: “call it what it is — Saudi Arabia’s flogging of Raif Badawi is barbarity and torture, plain and simple” It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The… Read More
Campaigns / 8 January 2015 Publish and be damned – Charlie Hebdo pledges to return Following yesterday’s horrific attacks, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) in solidarity with the campaign by Index on Censorship,… Read More
General news / 7 January 2015 Humanists International’s statement on Charlie Hebdo attack Twelve people including two police officers, three cartoonists, and seven journalists have been killed today, with at least 5 other victims in critical… Read More
5 January 2015 IHEU condemns death sentence for “apostasy”, handed to writer in Mauritania A writer in Mauritania has been sentenced to death for “apostasy”, putting the crime of leaving Islam on a par with the country’s… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 December 2014 Conference West Africa, 20-21 December 2014, Ghana: see the video’s! Around 50 participants came for the West African Conference under the theme “African Youth for science and reason”. The first… Read More
Humanists International News / 10 December 2014 “Atheists, humanists and liberals” now targeted as a distinct minority by “hate campaigns” — report Non-religious people are being targeted by “hate campaigns” in countries around the world, as a distinct minority group, the latest… Read More
General news / 3 December 2014 Let’s Kickstart “Arabs Without God” Arabs Without God is the first book to look at atheism in the contemporary Middle East. It examines why a… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Pakistan / UN Human Rights Council / Mashal Khan and blasphemy laws in Pakistan ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 39th Session (10th – 28th September 2018) “In Pakistan,… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Qatar / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Qatar ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council,… Read More
Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Nigeria / UN Human Rights Council / Item 6: Universal Periodic Review / UPR statement on Nigeria (2014) ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union United Nations Human Rights Council, 25th Session (3rd – 28th March 2014) UPR:… Read More