Terrorism and violence

Humanists have urged the UN Human Rights Council to recognise the individual cultural rights of humanists and freethinkers across the…

A publisher of poetry and ‘freethought’ texts, who openly identified as atheist, has been shot dead in Bangladesh. Shahzahan Bachchu…

The UN is trying to find new ways to prevent religious extremism and violence, and humanists are represented, working right…

Egyptian lawmakers will consider a bill which would criminalize not believing in God. The proposed bill was discussed by the head of parliament’s…

New incidents or trends in seven countries show active persecution of atheists and humanists in 2017 85 countries in total…

On Saturday afternoon, the town of Charlottesville, Virginia, became the scene of a rally by white supremacists, billed as “Unite…

Humanists and religious groups have come together under the auspices of the United Nations, to launch a new initiative aimed…

Today, for World Humanist Day the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is launching a crowdfunding campaign to protect humanists at risk…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) made its first statement to the 35th session of the United Nations Human…

A ‘freethinking’ secularist blogger has been stabbed to death in the Maldives. It’s a tragedy which demonstrates again that in…