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 ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY AZE 002 / 1224 / OBS 052 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Azerbaijan 20 December ...

Resources / Blog / "Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over its citizens": Interview with EU Special Representative Olof Skoog This interview is part of the United Against Torture Consortium ...

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 unprecedented police brutality against peaceful protesters in the cities of Tbilisi and Batumi must be stopped. The international community must react urgently to address the escalating human ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicaraguans, as a result of the recent reforms to the Constitution, have been left without rights, being eliminated from its text the recognition of treaties and conventions on human rights, the ...

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 ...