India Turning into Nightmare for Minorities
by Uttam Niraula India is widely known as the most populous democracy on earth. There are almost 1.3 billion people in India, of which…
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At UN, IHEU and Danish Humanist Society call on Denmark to abolish blasphemy law
Humanists told the UN Human Rights Council this morning that “the state-church institution is fundamentally unfair” in Denmark as elsewhere,…
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Tutul: the Survivor – An interview with the target of a Bangladesh machete attack
Following the murder of four atheist bloggers in Bangladesh throughout 2015, on October 31 two secular publishers were hit in a coordinated attack. At Jagriti…
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“Tense Times”: Freedom of Expression and Religion or Belief at the UN
IHEU director of advocacy, Elizabeth O’Casey, reflects on the relationship between the rights to expression and religion or belief and…
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IHEU calls on Mauritania to stop harassing anti-slavery activists and abolish apostasy law
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has called on the Mauritanian authorities to cease their harassment, intimidation and ill-treatment…
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Role of secularism must not be overlooked in human rights
The principles of political secularism must not be overlooked as a factor is promoting democracy and human rights, a meeting…
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Psychiatric detention and charges against atheist show “Soviet era abuse of psychiatry, apparently alive and well in Russia today”
An atheist in Russia, Viktor Krasnov (38) faces the threat of jail time for saying online that, “There is no god”…
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Creationism is dead in Iceland
0.0% of Icelanders aged 25 or younger believe that “God” created the world, according to a new poll. The finding…
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Freedom of Thought Report 2015
Today the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is launching the Freedom of Thought Report 2015 at the European Parliament in…
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On the need for secular democracy
ORAL STATEMENT International Humanist and Ethical Union UN Human Rights Council, 30th Session (14th September – 2nd October 2015) General…
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Criticism of Islamic tenets not the same as Islamophobia, argues IHEU
During a debate on racism at the UN Human Rights Council, International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) representative, Kacem El…
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