Belief groups unite to oppose UN blasphemy law
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined with more than 100 other groups from more than 20 countries…
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Act now to save Iranian apostate from execution
Please act now to ask the Iranian government to stop the execution of Ehsan Fattahian scheduled for Wednesday, November 11,…
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Spiritual background checks in Trinidad and Tobago?
Spiritual and moral background checks have been proposed for the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. The local Humanist Association has…
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UN publishes IHEU statement on religious registration in OIC member states
The UN Human Rights Council has published IHEU's written statement on religious registration in OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference)…
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French Freethinkers resolution on the wearing of religious clothing in private life
At its national congress last month, French IHEU member organization Libre Pensée unanimously passed a resolution on respect for private…
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UN publishes IHEU statement on child abuse and the Holy See
The UN Human Rights Council today published a written statement by IHEU on the role of the Holy See in…
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IHEU challenges the view that “defamation of religion” is a form of racism
On 16 June, during the general debate on racism at the Human Rights Council, the Pakistani delegate Muhammad Saeed Sarwar,…
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Icelandic Humanists offer parliament a secular alternative to mass
Hope Knutsson writes: On Wednesday night May 13, 2009 at a monthly board meeting a brilliant idea occurred to the…
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Putting non-believers on the agenda at the Durban Review Conference
Roy Brown reports: Work progresses slowly, line by line, on the final outcome document of the Durban Review Conference against…
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Human Rights Council Resolution “Combating Defamation of Religion”
More than 200 civil society organizations from 46 countries, including Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Secular, Humanist and Atheist groups, have endorsed…
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IHEU discusses freedom of speech with UK Foreign Office
IHEU met top officials at the UK Foreign Office in London on 12 March 2009. IHEU requested the meeting to…
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