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Urgent Update for IHEU Members: General Assembly for 2010 Moves from India

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IHEU's 2010 General Assembly will not be able to take place in India. We hope to keep the same dates but are urgently seeking a suitable venue in another country.

IHEU and NHA announce details of 18th World Humanist Congress

Idea (lightbulb)  Norway

IHEU, in association with member organization the Norwegian Humanist Association announces that the 18th World Humanist Congress is to be held in Oslo, Norway, on August 12-14, 2011. The main Congress theme is "Humanism and Peace".

APPLY NOW for IHEU-HIVOS 2009 grants

IHEU invites applications for funding in the IHEU-HIVOS Humanist Network and Development programme for 2009. Update (1 September 2009): APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED. We are unable to consider any new applications.

Humanist Conference in Kenya

 Kenya Ssekitooleko, Deo

You are invited to an IHEU sponsored conference in Kenya, on March 27 and 28.

Nigeria Must End Harassment of IHEU Representative Leo Igwe

 Nigeria Igwe, Leo

IHEU has appealed to authorities in Nigeria to stop the police harrasment of Leo Igwe, IHEU Representative for West Africa. Igwe and members of his family have been subjected to a sustained campaign of harassment by local police involving multiple arrests on unsubstantiated charges since 2007. Most recently, Leo Igwe and his father, Oliver Igwe, were arrested on Tuesday, January 5.

Help Humanists Fight Blasphemy Laws

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Blasphemy! It’s a cry as old as freethought, perhaps as old as religion. It’s also a crime wherever religion can get enough control of government to impose it.

And now blasphemy is making a comeback, at the UN of all places!

New Issue of IHEU's French Language Magazine is now Available

The latest issue of IHEU's French-language magazine, Informations Humanistes Internationales, is now available in hard copy and also as a pdf. Issue #4 of IHI focuses on the IHEU conferences held in London, UK, in June 2009. These included a a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the first "World Conference on Untouchability."

Story of a Humanist Campaign Against Religious Exploitation of a Child

 India Gogineni, Babu

For the last few weeks Humanists, Rationalists and Human Rights activists have been waging a huge battle against the forces of fundamentalism in Andhra Pradesh, India. This is a battle that involves the media, the police, the justice system, aggressive fundamentalists, the Dalai Lama, as well as the Humanists and Rationalists. It is a battle that is being watched with keen interest by millions of homes as it unfolds on live TV, in newspaper articles and through public discussions.

Applications for the IHEU-HIVOS 2009 grants programme have closed

The deadline for 2009 grants applications has passed and we are unable to consider any further applications. IHEU has received a record number of applications for funding. We hope to tell all applicants the results by the end of November.

IHEU General Assembly 2009

The General Assembly (GA) was held after the London conferences on 8 and 9 June at Conway Hall, London. There was a good attendance of delegates from Member Organisations (MOs) as well as individual members of IHEU. Six prize-winners from Romania were also present.

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