International Humanist and Ethical Union
The world union of Humanist organizations
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The British Humanist Association (BHA) has welcomed Universal Children’s Day (Nov. ...
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The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) has presented Stephen Fry with its 2009 award for services to Humanism and LGBT rights, in recognition of his long record of standing up both for LGBT rights and for wider humanist values. read more
Ian Redbeard Davis
Ian Redbeard Davis
Kudos to future Los Angeleño, Mr. Fry.
Wed at 1:33pm
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Billboard adverts have gone up today in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, as the internationally renowned poster campaign which began this year on London buses launches its second phase...
Paul De Civita
Paul De Civita
Hope the Commonwealth follows the lead...
Thu at 9:54am
Eli Vieira Araujo Júnior

Eli Vieira Araujo Júnior Secular Humanist League of Brazil (emeritus members: Maryam Namazie, Kentaro Mori, Daniel Everett) http://www.facebook.com/iheunion?v=wall#/pages/LiHS-Liga-Humanista-Secular-do-Brasil/169105458600

November 16 at 7:41pm · Report
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Leo Igwe, IHEU’s West African representative, is working to combat widespread human rights abuses caused by belief in sorcery and the consequent persecution of alleged witches. On Nov. ...
Peter
Peter
It's like Winston-Salem all over again--WT..Hell!
November 13 at 3:00pm
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The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has joined with more than 100 other groups from more than 20 countries to protest a so-called “global blasphemy law” proposed by the United Nations (UN). La...
Swami Manavatavadi
Swami Manavatavadi
Noble All in the IHEU,
Humblest Greetings.

We all including our 93 previous street and previous untouchable kids admire the actions of the IHEU, fighting to reduce the hold of the Vatican City over the UN.
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Cordially,
Swamiji
Yesterday at 7:26am
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Joseph Stiglitz put it well: "What you measure affects what you do…if you don’t measure the right thing you don’t do the right thing." So how should we judge the progress of a nation? read more
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Ugandan Humanists are calling for international support in protesting a proposed new anti-gay law that would introduce extraordinarily harsh punishments, including the death penalty for homosexual acts and prison for family who fail to inform the authorities of homosexual relatives. read more
Matt Cherry
Matt Cherry
If you want to fight for humanity on Veterans Day then protest this heinous bill before it becomes law. Uganda is a democracy that is sensitive to the opinions of its foreign donor nations.
November 10 at 3:24pm
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Please act now to ask the Iranian government to stop the execution of Ehsan Fattahian scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, 2009. read more
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UN Blasphemy Law Would Make Religious Disagreements a Crime The United Nations is in danger of creating a global blasphemy law that would make religious criticism a crime, charges a new report from the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU)...
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson
Saudi-Arabia is primarily fighting for this primitive, backwards, disgusting trend of treating criticism of Islam (and the Saudi-Arabian government as a direct result) as a human rights violation. Normally I try to be respectful to worlds beyond my experience, but Saudi-Arabia publicly executes people, publicly chops the hands off of thieves, ... Read Morearrests people for premarital flirting, outlaws all criticism of its government, and now it wants criticism of this barbaric regime outlawed because they know damn well they couldn't possibly rationalize this disgusting form of government (Wahhabism specifically). If that's not disgusting, primitive, backwards and inexcusable to any sane human being with the slightest bit of respect for other human beings, then I don't know what is.

Sorry if that offended someone... it's not my fault that Saudi-Arabia is this primitive, and it's not because Saudi-Arabs are Islamic... Turkey for example manages to be both Islamic and civilized at the same time. Saudi-Arabia just seriously needs to crawl out of the bloody dark ages, and somebody needs to say that, by the way.
November 2 at 8:47pm
Umit
Umit
I am afraid Turkey will become even more barbaric if this imperialist economic pressure continues in the Middle East because the last governing bodies of Turkey have been all Islamic Fundamentalists, but Kemalism still arguably keeps the country a little bit modern. Turkish people, by the effect of Islamic understanding of life, in general like embracing a period in history to survive safely today and this is Ataturk's period. I disagree with this, because I believe in historical development, not historical stability, but this what happens.

I can see the future governments being fascists or Islamic fundamentalists again. These political groups have learnt how to use Kemalist propagandas as well as religion, of course with support of international capitalist groups, for the sake of their own political and economic successes over time. There is no religious freedom at all. You can not discuss your atheist or other radical believes properly in public or at universities in the country because of the risk of being attacked or arrested somehow. Everybody has to listen to the İmam's calls everyday for 5 times everywhere, etc. This is not called terrorism, but if you want to support socialism, humanism, atheism this then becomes terrorism. Anyway, the list continues...

However, you have to know that socialist people, like me, Turkish, Kurdish, etc, are there as well, thousands, but I think the global link between socialists are really weak. We really need to sort this situation out by getting together all people around the world to the same certain regions on the globe. We have to be as active as capitalists around the world. We have to be able to appear in the same country for some certain demonstrations and we have to create a strong international reaction. Just reading and writing theories or analyses or local demonstrations are not being enough today.... Read More

Regards,

Ümit (which means hope :)... )
November 3 at 5:33am
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“Secularism is about freedom of religion and importantly also from religion. People should have the freedom to practice their religion or non belief as long as this does not violate the human rights of other individuals. ...
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The Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA) strongly supports the demonstrations held in Rome last weekend, 18th October, 2009,protesting against the refusal of the Italian Parliament to pass laws protecting people physically victimised because of their sexual orientation. read more
Umit
Umit
Fundamentalist political groups are very clever people, which means that their followers are very naive or self-seeking as well. They haven’t let ‘God’ to rule the world, but they have always ruled the world for the sake of ‘God’ for centuries, and created fights and wars but nothing else.
October 22 at 3:17am
Umit
Umit
And I have something else to say to most people in the west, move your bottoms up from your comfortable hedonist chairs quickly and you really do something too, because people are dying everyday everywhere in the Middle East, Africa, etc.
October 22 at 3:24am
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The British Humanist Association (BHA) launched a defence today of the right for everyone to have a funeral of their choice, in response to Church of England vicar Reverend Ed Tomlinson’s assault on humanist funerals. read more
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The British Humanist Association (BHA) has expressed its sadness at the death of Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919-2009), author, campaigner, Humanist and distinguished supporter of the BHA. read more
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The Nigerian Humanist Movement is holding a national conference on “Witch Hunts, Christian Fundamentalism and Child Abuse” on October 21 and 22, 2009, at the University of Uyo Community Center. Participation is open to everyone. read more