General news / 17 October 2014 A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of… Read More
Action Alert / 3 October 2014 Atheist detained as a psychiatric patient still needs your help This summer, IHEU reported on the case of an atheist, Mubarak Bala, detained in a psychiatric ward because he was an… Read More
Advocacy blog / 29 September 2014 / Elizabeth O'Casey Freedom of Expression and Universal Human Rights at the Human Rights Council IHEU's Head of Delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, Elizabeth O'Casey, blogs on the threat to vital values at the… Read More
General news / 24 September 2014 What the world avoids talking about: Contemporary forms of slavery are rampant in many Arab states There is slavery, including descent-based slavery, forced labour, and trafficking, endemic in many states in south and western Asia, and… Read More
General news / 23 September 2014 IHEU highlights “traditional” and “cultural” practices that undermine women’s sexual and reproductive rights During an intervention at the UN Human Rights Council, the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) head of delegation, Elizabeth… Read More
General news / 22 September 2014 Religious law, prison for “blasphemy”, severe sexual inequalilty: Qatar’s human rights review The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has raised serious concerns about the situation for freedom of religion, belief, expression… Read More
General news / 19 September 2014 New Sharia law, harsh penalties, worse to come: Brunei’s human rights review Earlier this year, Brunei started the process of introducing Sharia law into its penal code. The new Penal Code contains… Read More
General news / 19 September 2014 Church-state entanglement and pushing religious values: Norway’s human rights review In association with its member organisation, the Norwegian Humanist Association, Human-Etisk Forbund (NHA), the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has… Read More
General news / 19 September 2014 29,000,000 human beings: IHEU highlights widespread domestic and sexual slavery There are more than 29 million people living in slavery across the world. From Sudan to Pakistan, there are people… Read More
Campaigns / 17 September 2014 ISIS: States across the region share in the responsibility, having promoted an ideology of supremacism and violence Representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva spoke this morning about ISIS,… Read More
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