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

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.

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!

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."

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.

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.

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.