A rare victory for Human Rights
On 25 February 2011, at a hastily called special session, the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted a resolution to seek the suspension on…
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IHEU Rep rescues two more “witch children”
Leo Igwe, IHEU Representative for Southern and Western Africa, has led a rescue of two children accused of witchcraft. The…
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From the UN: Freedom of Information
The murder of journalists in Russia, the jailing of bloggers in China, the onslaught against independent media in Iran, and…
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From the UN: Inequality and the Millennium Development Goals
To quote the ancient Greek biographer Plutarch, “An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment…
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IHEU protests Palestinian atheist persecution
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is protesting the imprisonment of a Palestinian blogger for alleged atheism. Waleed Khalid…
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From the UN: Peacekeeping and peace building
The United Nations was founded in 1945, after the horrors of World War II. One of the all important primary…
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IHEU Meets the new UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, PhD, is an academic who spent…
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IHEU demands action from Human Rights Council on stoning, honour killing and impunity
Speaking on 20 September 2010 at 15th session of the UN Human Rights Council, IHEU representative Raheel Raza spoke of the…
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Standing up for freedom of expression
On Thursday September 17 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, International PEN, with support from three other organisations and the…
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Raheel Raza confronts Tariq Ramadan and Pakistan at the United Nations
Famous human rights activist, Board member of the Muslim Canadian Congress and International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) Representative Raheel…
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IHEU silenced at UN for attempting to question the role of Islam in the persistence of slavery
It was just three years ago that the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour said "there can be no taboos…
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