The undersigned African civil society organizations (CSOs) and various international non-governmental organizations urgently express our deep concern regarding Ethiopia’s escalating political tensions ...

The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention, judicial harassment and acts of torture and ill-treatment against Mr Eron Kiiza, a lawyer involved in numerous public interest cases, ...

In December 2024, three former members of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police were convicted by jury trial for the torture and killing of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, a 38-year-old mentally-ill, black man.

Ressources / Rapports / Les routes de la torture vol n°3 : le rétrécissement de l’espace civique et son impact sur les personnes en déplacement en Tunisie Ce rapport présente un aperçu de l’ampleur et ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your ...

The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary arrest and detention of Mr Rufat Safarov, a prominent human rights defender and founder of the organisation Defence Line, dedicated to the ...

Against criminalization of environmental activism and right to protest in Italy, and in support of national mobilizations against draft bill 1236 ...

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 ...

Humberto Prado, soy director de la ONG Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones. Agradezco a la OMCT por esta oportunidad. Venezuela vive una grave crisis general de derechos humanos que se acrecienta en ...

(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 ...