General news / 20 March 2012 Can We Talk About This? Following a tour that began in Sydney, Australia last September, an extraordinary theatre production called “Can We Talk About This?”… Read More
Conferences / 15 March 2012 IHEU Hosts UN Seminar of Religion, Law, Democracy and Human Rights On 14 March 2012 at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, in conjunction with the… Read More
Humanists International News / 14 March 2012 Plea to the Islamic States to do more to promote religious tolerance In a joint statement with the Center for Inquiry today (14 March 2012) IHEU representative Raheel Raza, herself a Muslim… Read More
Humanists International News / 6 March 2012 IHEU attacks the Islamic States on Freedom of Religion Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, who was a guest speaker at the… Read More
Members and partners / 14 February 2012 American Humanists challenge “God” in Pledge of Allegiance Yesterday, February 13 2012, the American Humanist Association argued in Massachusetts Superior Court that the state’s constitutional equal rights amendment… Read More
General news / 10 February 2012 British Humanists welcome High Court ruling against council prayers Britain’s High Court today ruled that local councils cannot include public prayer in their formal meetings. IHEU member organizations the… Read More
Action Alert / 26 January 2012 International Humanists protest Indonesia blasphemy arrest The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is calling for the Indonesian government to guarantee the freedom and safety of… Read More
Members and partners / 13 January 2012 UK Government agrees to not fund creationist schools The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed the British government’s decision to not fund schools that teach creationism or are… Read More
Members and partners / 12 January 2012 American courts give good and bad news for Humanists Two court decisions announced this week have received contrasting responses from American Humanists. A decision ordering the removal of a… Read More
Members and partners / 6 December 2011 Council prayers challenged Public prayer will no longer be part of local authority council meetings in England and Wales, if the National Secular… Read More
Members and partners / 5 December 2011 Catholic Church costs Italy six billion Euros a year Six billion euros. That's how much the Catholic Church costs Italy every year, according to the first detailed investigation of… Read More