The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework ...

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 ...

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 been recognised in Mexico.

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri Indigenous Peoples in Tajikistan. This repression has intensified since 2022 ...

The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) strongly welcomes today’s action by the European Union significantly strengthening its region wide measures preventing the transfer of law enforcement ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), along with the undersigned organisations, urge the European Union (EU) to put forward the ongoing human rights crisis in China ...

The OMCT condemns the US decision to place the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Francesca Albanese, on its sanctions list. Sanctioning a UN Special ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed proclamation that, if passed, would significantly restrict the independence, ...

The OMCT and the Vietnamese Advocates for Change (VAC) have submitted a joint report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its review of Viet Nam’s compliance with the International ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) warn the Kenyan authorities against initiating a new cycle of state-sponsored torture and abuse amid the ...

The World Organisation Against Torture Office in Brussels is seeking to recruit an intern for its Development Team to provide increased capacity for researching new funding opportunities, supporting ...