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
Advocacy Statement / 2014 / Cameroon / UN Human Rights Council / Item 3: Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights / The right to free expression and assembly for LBGTI people ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 26th Session (10th – 27th June 2014) General Debate, Item 3 The right… Read More
Advocacy blog / 1 July 2014 / Elizabeth O'Casey Families: Use Protection! IHEU's head of delegation to Geneva, Elizabeth O'Casey, blogs on a worrying development at the UN: the euphemistic "protection of the family" Read More
General news / 19 June 2014 LGBTI rights and democracy: Populist discrimination is still discrimination Despite being firmly established in international human rights law and a matter of basic human dignity, the rights of LGBTI people are… Read More
General news / 14 May 2014 “Humanism and secularism” are threat to Islam and the state, says Malaysian prime minister The Prime Minister of Malaysia has labelled “humanism and secularism as well as liberalism” a dangerous threat to Islam and the state. He is… Read More
General news / 6 March 2014 The anti-gay law in Uganda: IHEU analysis After years of wrangling back and forth, and in the face of significant pressure from international partners, President Yoweri Museveni… Read More
General news / 21 February 2014 Museveni set to sign Uganda’s anti-gay bill based on false reading of science The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has more or less promised to sign the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this morning, citing input from… Read More
13 January 2014 IHEU condemns “heinous” abandonment of gay rights in Nigeria In the face of international criticism, the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has signed a law into effect which criminalises… Read More
Young Humanists International / 23 December 2013 African Regional Humanist Meeting The IHEYO Regional African Working Group Meeting and Training was held from the 25th till the 27th October 2013. The… Read More
Humanists International News / 18 December 2013 Reactions to the Freedom of Thought Report 2013 Last week we announced the publication online of the Freedom of Thought Report 2013. A round-up of some of the responses follows below.… Read More
General news / 26 June 2013 Humanists celebrate US Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage Humanists in America and internationally have welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that the country's… Read More