LGBTI+ rights

After years of wrangling back and forth, and in the face of significant pressure from international partners, President Yoweri Museveni…

The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has more or less promised to sign the infamous Anti-Homosexuality Bill, this morning, citing input from…

In the face of international criticism, the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has signed a law into effect which criminalises…

The IHEYO Regional African Working Group Meeting and Training was held from the 25th till the 27th October 2013. The…

Last week we announced the publication online of the Freedom of Thought Report 2013. A round-up of some of the responses follows below.…

Humanists in America and internationally have welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that the country's…

New European Guidelines uphold the right to “ridicule” religion or belief, including on social media The rights of atheists and…

The Russian parliament has unanimously passed an anti-gay "propaganda" law today, condemned by human rights groups around the world as…

While secularism is a distant dream in some parts of Europe, the broader Humanist movement is now “mainstream” in several…

  Many humanists around the world today are marking the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). While extending marriage…

 We are happy to announce that IHEYOs affiliate PATAS is calling youth (below 35) from South East Asia, South ASia…