Action Alert / 15 September 2014 Act now to #FreeRaif: Calling for freedom gets you 10 Years, 1000 lashes, in Saudi Arabia Time is running out for a young activist who called for greater freedom, and now faces devastating corporal punishment and a decade… Read More
General news / 1 September 2014 Humanists and witchcraft abuse campaigners sued by Nigerian “witch hunter” pastor in UK courts The British Humanist Association and Witchcraft and Human Rights Information Network (WHRIN), are being sued by the wealthy evangelical preacher… Read More
Conferences / 12 August 2014 Wole Soyinka’s International Humanist Award acceptance speech – full text Nobel Laureate and staunch defender of freedom and humanism, Wole Soyinka, joined Pakistani women’s rights activist, Gulalai Ismail, in being… Read More
Conferences / 12 August 2014 Oxford Declaration on Freedom of Thought and Expression The delegates at World Humanist Congress assented on 10th August and the IHEU General Assembly approved on 11th August the Oxford… Read More
Conferences / 8 August 2014 IHEU president welcomes delegates at World Humanist Congress Sonja Eggerickx, the president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), spoke a short time ago at the plenary of… Read More
Conferences / 8 August 2014 World Humanist Congress has begun in Oxford, UK Hosted by International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) member organization, the British Humanist Association, the World Humanist Congress 2014 is… Read More
General news / 1 August 2014 Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality law overturned by constitutional court The new Anti-Homosexuality law in Uganda has been declared “null and void” by the constitutional court, ruling on a challenge brought… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 July 2014 Here is Why Uganda’s Anti Homosexuality Law is Wink in the Dark By Kato Mukasa Nothing has given Uganda so much International publicity than the passing of the Anti Homosexuality Bill by… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 July 2014 Pink Humanists: Video on LGBT’s pain in Africa Among many activities that took place around the world to mark World Humanist Day, Swiss freethinkers screened a documentary that… Read More
Young Humanists International / 31 July 2014 Lords debate Article 18 and the right to freedom of thought, conscience and belief Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights honours the freedom to subscribe to whatever philosophy you choose, be… Read More
General news / 24 July 2014 IHEU statement on Israel-Palestine conflict The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is deeply pained by the resumption of conflict, after a period of relative… Read More