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Accompanying the report, a group of Afghan women artists created a series of paintings depicting the pain and suffering of ...
Internationally, a pattern of criminalisation and arbitrary detention against indigenous human rights defenders (HRDs) has ...
The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating ...
We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri ...
Al-Sharigy, a Libyan national, was subjected to egregious gender-based violence (GBV) and fell victim like many others to the ...
Based on in-depth interviews, the report documents arbitrary arrests, severe torture, and psychological abuse carried out by the de facto General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) between 2021 and ...
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) thanks the High Commission for the presented report. We welcome its findings that certain human rights violations perpetrated in Belarus since 2020 amount ...
Geneva – Brussels, 15 July, 2022 – Increased incarceration rates over recent years have exacerbated already substandard conditions of detention in Turkey, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) ...
The United Against Torture Consortium is calling on Bangladesh’s newly elected administration to respect and restore civic space and to carry out significant reforms on the prevention of and ...
Geneva (OMCT) – A new report, published today, documents 122 killings of children, from 1 to 17 years old, throughout the Philippines, between July 2016 and December 2019. The report, titled “How ...
We from Afghan HRD+ and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) fully support Mr. Bennet’s observations that the human rights situation in my country is further worsening, and violations are ...