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We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri ...
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY KEN 002 / 0725 / OBS 045 Arbitrary detention / Release / Judicial harassment / Restriction to ...
July 29, 2025 H.M. King Mohammed VI Rabat, Morocco Your Majesty, We are writing to request that the government of Morocco ...
GEO 003 / 0725 / OBS 044 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Restriction to freedom of expression/ Restriction to ...
A coalition of human rights organisations — the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World Organisation ...
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), along with the undersigned organisations, urge the European Union (EU) to ...
In the days that followed the attack, the Iranian authorities undertook mass prisoner transfers, relocating surviving inmates—many of whom, human rights defenders, journalists, and activists—to other ...
Geneva, 16 July 2025 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) condemns the recent adoption of the Amnesty Law and urges the Peruvian State to adhere to international human rights standards to ...
On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ending the practice of torture and other ill-treatment- we, the ...
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 ...
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 ...