To be presented at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council We, the undersigned Afghan and international civil society organisations, express ...
On Jan. 5, 2026, the Indian Supreme Court denied bail to human rights defender and student activist Umar Khalid, who has been detained for over five ...
Jawad Fairooz is a Bahraini human rights defender, Founder of OMCT’s SOS-Torture Network member organisation SALAM for ...
Each year on 10 October, the world marks the International Day against the Death Penalty. Although there is a clear trend towards abolition, with five international instruments prohibiting its use and ...
HUN 001 / 0226 / OBS 011 Criminalisation / Obstacles of freedom of assembly Hungary 19 February 2026 The Observatory for the Protection of Human ...
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights ...
During the arrests carried out in 2016, nine ÖHD lawyers were taken into police custody. Although all were initially released, three were remanded in prison upon the prosecutor’s objection. Hüseyin ...
RUS 001 / 0226 / OBS 008.1 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment Russia 17 February 2026 The Observatory for the ...
The African Union’s 2026 Theme of the Year — “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063” — presents a critical opportunity to link water ...
THE OBSERVATORY Arbitrary detention / Incommunicado detention / Judicial harassment / China 12 February 2026 The Observatory ...
On 25 June 2025, OMCT launched the Global Torture Index during the Global Week against Torture , a major milestone and the culmination of the ...
UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are examining credible evidence that Iranian security forces used indiscriminate ...
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