July 2026 - The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and the undersigned organisations ...

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 ...

On Jan. 5, 2026, the Indian Supreme Court denied bail to human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid, who has been detained for over five years without trial, in violation of India’s ...

Geneve-Paris, 12 May 2026 . The undersigned human rights organisations, including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership between the World Organisation Against ...

Each year on 10 October, the world marks the International Day against the Death Penalty. Although there is a clear trend towards abolition, with five international instruments prohibiting its use and ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your ...

Damj - l'association Tunisienne Pour la justice et l'égalité is a Tunisian human rights organization founded in 2002 and legally recognized in 2011. It works to promote and protect the rights of ...

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In recent years, the right to protest, a universally recognised fundamental human right, has way too often been met with violence and repression. Police forces around the world have been abusing ...

GENEVA, 25 June 2026 — Iran is rated as one of the world’s worst countries for torture, impunity and state violence in the newly released 2026 Global Torture Index, showing where the risk of torture ...

The global movement against torture stands at a critical moment, operating in an increasingly volatile environment. There are now more conflicts than at any time since the Second World War, while ...

The OMCT and AWAFI are gravely alarmed by the imminent risk of mass atrocities in El Obeid, North Kordofan. This is not an abstract warning. It is a pattern we have already seen. In El Fasher, siege, ...