IHEU member organization Libre Pensée has condemned recent death threats for “blasphemy” against Robert Redeker as a blatant attempt at intellectual oppression. Libre Pensée has called on the French authorities to ensure the protection, at public expense, of Mr Redeker, on the grounds that the right to life and absolute freedom of conscience are guaranteed constitutionally by the laws of the French Republic and the 1905 law of separation of religion and state.

The Libre Pensée statement (in French) is published here.

IHEU welcomes the new Secretary General of the Norwegian Humanist Association, Mrs. Kristin Mile. A lawyer by training, she has worked for the last six years as the Norwegian Gender Equality Ombudsperson. She also has extensive international experience both within the UN and the EU systems.

Kristin takes over from Lars Gule, who has accepted an academic position.