Victims of religious persecution

Young Egyptian Facebook user, Alber Saber, has today been sentenced to three years for "offending" religion. He should be out on bail…

– New report highlights persecution of atheists – Blasphemy prosecutions rise with social media The International Humanist and Ethical Union…

IHEU Vice President Andrew Copson urges that the freedom of expression and belief must be upheld, as the prospect of…

Humanists around the world have joined human rights organisations and political representatives who are calling for calm in response to…

States which fail to punish faith-based violence against religious and non-religious minorities, or which legitimize faith-based violence through laws against…

Rimsha Masih, aged between 11 and 14, and said to have some degree of mental impairment, has now been in…

Following a tour that began in Sydney, Australia last September, an extraordinary theatre production called “Can We Talk About This?”…

On 14 March 2012 at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, in conjunction with the…

In a joint statement with the Center for Inquiry today (14 March 2012) IHEU representative Raheel Raza, herself a Muslim…

Professor Heiner Bielefeldt, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, who was a guest speaker at the…

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is calling for the Indonesian government to guarantee the freedom and safety of…