In 2024, severe human rights crises impacted multiple regions. In Ukraine, the ongoing conflict led to violence against civilians, including torture and arbitrary detention. In Bangladesh, a brutal ...
The OMCT works with around 200 member organisations which constitute its SOS-Torture Network, to end torture, fight impunity and protect human rights defenders worldwide. Together, we make up the ...
This interview is part of the United Against Torture Consortium’s Voices for Human Dignity multimedia initiative. This initiative celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture ...
Resources / Reports / Zimbabwe’s Civic Space in Crisis: New Report Details Growing Operational Obstacles and Legal Threats to Civil Society The ouster of President Robert Mugabe in 2017 in Zimbabwe ...
The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary arrest and detention of Mr Rufat Safarov, a prominent human rights defender and founder of the organisation Defence Line, dedicated to the ...
This interview is part of the United Against Torture Consortium’s Voices for Human Dignity multimedia initiative. This initiative celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture ...
The OMCT works with around 200 member organisations which constitute its SOS-Torture Network, to end torture, fight impunity and protect human rights defenders worldwide. Together, we make up the ...
(Dakar, Geneve, Nairobi, Paris, December 9, 2024) – Niger’s military authorities should immediately drop all charges and release a prominent civil society activist and critic of the government, as he ...
On November 1, 2024, the Beirut military court issued its verdict in the case of Syrian refugee Bashar Abdel Saud, who died as a result of torture during his interrogation at the General Directorate ...