Members and partners / 21 December 2010 Working together for secularism: A joint declaration by IHEU’s French member organizations The National Federation of Free Thought (Fédération nationale de la Libre Pensée - FNLP), the National League for Popular Education… Read More
Members and partners / 21 December 2010 Agir ensemble pour la laïcité: Déclaration commune d’associations françaises membres de l’IHEU L Fédération nationale de la Libre Pensée (FNLP), la Ligue de l’Enseignement et pour l’Éducation populaire (LDE), l’Union rationaliste (UR),… Read More
Conferences / 23 November 2010 Conference on Apostasy, Sharia Law and Human Rights, 11 December 2010 To mark International Human Rights Day, the International Humanist and Ethical Union is co-sponsoring an all day conference on “Apostasy,… Read More
Action Alert / 18 November 2010 IHEU protests Palestinian atheist persecution The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is protesting the imprisonment of a Palestinian blogger for alleged atheism. Waleed Khalid… Read More
Humanists International News / 13 October 2010 Swiss dubbed ‘school yard bullies’ for firing non-religious teacher The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has accused Swiss authorities of behaving like “school yard bullies” towards a state… Read More
24 September 2010 IHEU Meets the new UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, PhD, is an academic who spent… Read More
17 September 2010 Raheel Raza confronts Tariq Ramadan and Pakistan at the United Nations Famous human rights activist, Board member of the Muslim Canadian Congress and International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) Representative Raheel… Read More
General news / 1 September 2010 Norwegian Humanists welcome Government’s Life Stance Policy Commission Norwegian Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt has responded to a long-standing request of the Norwegian Humanist Association (NHA) by appointing… Read More
19 August 2010 World union of Humanists and Atheists condemn Quran burning The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has condemned a planned public burning of the Quran by a Florida church… Read More
Members and partners / 16 August 2010 Italian court rules that schools must provide alternative to religion classes Italian freethinkers have welcomed a court ruling that requires public schools to provide alternatives to Catholic classes on religion. The… Read More
Members and partners / 11 August 2010 British Humanists applaud court’s rejection of religious discrimination claim An evangelical Christian council worker who was dismissed for gross misconduct has lost his claim of religious discrimination. The British… Read More