IHEU collaborates with Center for Inquiry on attack on blasphemy laws at UN
When IHEU were prevented on a technicality from delivering a speech on blasphemy and violence in the name of religion at…
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UN must address corruption and human rights abuses
Today at the United Nations, IHEU focused attention on the connection between corruption and human rights abuses. In a statement…
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IHEU blasts Human Rights Council on its selectivity
Speaking in a dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 16th session of the United Nations Human…
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UN publishes two IHEU reports: on Corruption, and on Child Abuse and the Holy See
The UN Human Rights Council has published two reports by IHEU in connection with the 16th session of the Council…
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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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