USA speaks out strongly against OIC manoeuvring on “defamation of religion”
The US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, John V. Hanford III, has strongly supported freedom of religion and…
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Defamation of religion is not a human rights concept – Belgium
In a statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Belgium has come out firmly on the side of individual human…
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IHEU calls on UN Human Rights Council to condemn Sudan
In a statement to the Human Rights Council, IHEU has called for Sudan to be condemned for its failure to…
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Spinoza and secularism at the UN
Quoting Spinoza in a statement to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva delivered jointly with the Association for World…
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IHEU stands up for the primacy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In a written statement to the UN Human Rights Council, Sixty years after the UDHR: threats to the universality of…
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IHEU’s UN campaign highlighted in Canada
IHEU's campaign for freedom of expression at the UN Human Rights Council has been highlighted by Macleans, the Canadian news…
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UN rejects attempt to expel Jewish NGO.
News has reached us that, following an appeal from IHEU, the UN Economic and Social Council has dismissed the complaint…
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Support for IHEU’s work at the UN Human Rights Council
Support for and interest in IHEU's work for freedom of expression at the UN has come from many commentators, following…
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Discussion of religious questions now banned at UN Human Rights Council
The UN Human Rights Council is not allowed to judge religions, according to president Doru Romulus Costea of Romania. Criticism…
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Human Rights Council President: “We are on a slippery slope”
It took one hour and twenty-five minutes for a three-minute joint statement by the Association for World Education with IHEU…
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IHEU speaks out for rights of women
In a statement delivered to the UN Human Rights Council on 17 June 2008, IHEU has urged greater empowerment of…
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