Bardo Museum terror “another atrocity against human life, culture and democracy”
As many as 19 victims have been killed in a terror attack at the Bardo Museum, next to the parliament building in…
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IHEU statement on Copenhagen shootings
On Saturday afternoon a gunman targeted a blasphemy seminar at a cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark. Despite significant security measures already…
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“Do not punch your critics.” Humanists defend free speech under attack
It has been a bad time for freedom of expression the past two weeks. Last Friday, liberal Saudi writer Raif Badawi was…
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IHEU: “call it what it is — Saudi Arabia’s flogging of Raif Badawi is barbarity and torture, plain and simple”
It is reported that officials have carried out the first 50 lashes of a 1000-lashes sentence against Saudi liberal, Raif Badawi. The…
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Humanists International’s statement on Charlie Hebdo attack
Twelve people including two police officers, three cartoonists, and seven journalists have been killed today, with at least 5 other victims in critical…
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ISIS abuses in Iraq
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 27th Session (8th – 26th September 2014) General Debate, Item 4 The current…
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A win for fundamentalism, as Asia Bibi death sentence upheld
On Thursday the Lahore High Court upheld a 2010 death sentence for Asia Bibi, the woman at the centre of…
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ISIS: States across the region share in the responsibility, having promoted an ideology of supremacism and violence
Representatives of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva spoke this morning about ISIS,…
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Wole Soyinka’s International Humanist Award acceptance speech – full text
Nobel Laureate and staunch defender of freedom and humanism, Wole Soyinka, joined Pakistani women’s rights activist, Gulalai Ismail, in being…
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The human rights situation in Tunisia
ORAL STATEMENT United Nations Human Rights Council, 26th Session (10th – 27th June 2014) General Debate, Item 4 The Human…
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Saudi Arabia’s new law defines atheism as “terrorism”, bans all criticism of government
Humanist and secular organizations, as well as civil liberties and human rights groups around the world, have responded with outrage…
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