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Sent: Thursday,
January 03, 2008 4:24 PM
Subject:
IHEU January 2008 update
This is a monthly
update of news from International Humanist and Ethical Union
(IHEU). You can find the full versions of these news stories on our
web site
Happy New Year!
IHEU
pleads for action on Darfur
On the
afternoon of Tuesday 11th December, in a joint statement with four other
NGOs, IHEU made a plea to the plenary session of the Human Rights Council
for action on Darfur. Read more
Universality
of Human Rights under attack at the UN
The Organisation
of the Islamic Conference (OIC) representing the 56 Islamic States renewed
its attack on the Universality of Human Rights at the 6th Session of
the Human Rights Council that ended on 14 December. On Human Rights
Day, 10 December, Ambassador Masood Khan, speaking on behalf of the
OIC, claimed that the 1990 Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam
“.. is not an alternative, competing worldview on human rights. It
complements the Universal Declaration as it addresses religious and
cultural specificity of the Muslim countries”. Read more
Primacy
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
IHEU and
the World Council for Progressive Judaism have written to the UN Commissioner
for Human Rights asking for a legal ruling on the primacy of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Read more
Intersecting
Human Rights Crises: Organ Transplantation and Organ Trafficking
Ana Lita,
Director of the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics, reports on the
panel discussion held in New York City by the Center. Read more
Humanists
comment on Islam and the “Girl from Qatif”
IHEU member
organization American Humanist Association reports: The Saudi king yesterday
pardoned the “girl from Qatif,” a woman whose case stunned and outraged
the world. The woman was brutally raped, and her male companion assaulted,
by several men who discovered them alone in a car. Read more
Humanists
celebrate the roots of Christmas and Hanukkah
IHEU member
organization American Humanist Association writes: What do nontheists
(atheists and agnostics), such as humanists, do for the holidays?
Read more
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