Internationally, a pattern of criminalisation and arbitrary detention against indigenous human rights defenders (HRDs) has ...

Over 200 days after his forced transfer from Lebanon to the UAE, Turkish-Egyptian poet Abdulrahman Yusuf remains disappeared.

Al-Sharigy, a Libyan national, was subjected to egregious gender-based violence (GBV) and fell victim like many others to the ...

July 29, 2025 H.M. King Mohammed VI Rabat, Morocco Your Majesty, We are writing to request that the government of Morocco ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY KEN 002 / 0725 / OBS 045 Arbitrary detention / Release / Judicial harassment / Restriction to ...

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...

GEO 003 / 0725 / OBS 044 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Restriction to freedom of expression/ Restriction to ...

With 70% of detention centres overcrowded, the Philippines is one of the countries in the world hardest hit by prison overpopulation. The Marcos Jr administration has promised to tackle the problem ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 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 ...