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Niger : Six month-long arbitrary detention of human rights defender Moussa Tchangari must end
Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tchangari and stop using terrorism-related charges to silence dissent, Amnesty International, ...
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Urgent interventions
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...
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RDC: Menaces et intimidations à l'encontre du journaliste Joel Mbiya Kanyinda
L’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseur.es des droits humains, un partenariat de la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH) et de l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture ...
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Burundi : Torture, Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings persist despite the State's commitments
Resources / Reports / Burundi : Torture, Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings persist despite the State's commitments Ten Burundian civil society organisations, under the coordination of ...
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Kazakhstan: Authorities Must End Smear Campaign Against Anti-Torture Coalition After UN Submission
International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR) and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) are alarmed by the public attack against our long-standing partners and OMCT network members from ...
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Déclaration de solidarité avec la Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme
L’Organisation mondiale contre la torture exprime son indignation face aux tentatives de perturbation et de déstabilisation des travaux du Conseil national de la Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme ...
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The Global Torture Index – An Innovative Tool to Combat Torture Worldwide
Despite 175 countries ratifying the UN Convention Against Torture, this grave violation of human rights persists in prisons, public assemblies, armed conflicts, and daily police interventions. Torture ...
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Algérie : Blocage du site internet de l’ONG Riposte Internationale
L’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseurs des droits humains, un partenariat de la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH) et de l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT ...
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Burundi : Torture, disparitions forcées et exécutions extrajudiciaires persistent malgré les engagements de l’État
Ressources / Rapports / Burundi : Torture, disparitions forcées et exécutions extrajudiciaires persistent malgré les engagements de l’État Dix organisations de la société civile burundaise, sous la ...
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35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Written submission on the situation of minority rights defenders in Greece
Resources / Reports / 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council: Written submission on the situation of minority rights defenders in Greece The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) expresses ...
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Ethiopia: Arbitrary arrest and detention / Peaceful demonstration
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of FIDH and OMCT, requests your urgent international intervention in the following situation in Ethiopia. Brief ...