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10 Successes of the Global Anti-Torture Movement in 2024
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 ...
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Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Rufat Safarov
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY AZE 002 / 1224 / OBS 052 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Azerbaijan 20 December ...
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"Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over its citizens": Interview with EU Special Representative Olof Skoog
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 ...
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Consultancy - National Coordinator – United Against Torture Consortium’s crisis facility on Bangladesh
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 ...
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Zimbabwe’s Civic Space in Crisis: New Report Details Growing Operational Obstacles and Legal Threats to Civil Society
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 ...
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Looking Back on 40 Years of the Fight Against Torture with the Chair of the Committee Against Torture
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 ...
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Laos: States should ask “Where is Sombath?” at upcoming review of human rights record
15 December 2024: On the 12-year anniversary of the unresolved enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals ...
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Lebanon: Torture to Death: Military Justice Fails to Deliver
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 ...
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Nicaragua: Recent reforms to the Constitution are contrary to human rights treaties
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 ...
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Human Rights Officer for Afghanistan (80-100%)
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 ...
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Thailand : Fifth conviction of pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa under "lèse-majesté" charges
The Observatory has been informed about the latest conviction and subsequent prison sentence of Mr Anon Nampa, a prominent pro-democracy activist and human rights lawyer who has been arbitrarily ...