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 ...

Accompanying the report, a group of Afghan women artists created a series of paintings depicting the pain and suffering of ...

The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating ...

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

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are deeply concerned about the ongoing systematic repression of Pamiri Indigenous Peoples in Tajikistan. This repression has intensified since 2022 ...

The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) strongly welcomes today’s action by the European Union significantly strengthening its region wide measures preventing the transfer of law enforcement ...

Despite making strong human rights pledges during its 2021 UPR — including support for 257 of 285 recommendations, such as those calling for a safe environment for human rights defenders — Georgia has ...

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 ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) warn the Kenyan authorities against initiating a new cycle of state-sponsored torture and abuse amid the ...

The launch will be moderated by Imogen Foulkes, BBC Geneva correspondent. Two discussion panels will feature experts directly involved in the data collection for the Global Torture Index. Panelists ...

The Global Torture Index, a pioneering initiative by OMCT and partners, is poised to revolutionize the global fight against torture. It will be launched on 25 June, during the Global Week Against ...

The Observatory has been informed about the ongoing judicial harassment of Mr. Ssuuna James, a cyberactivist and human rights defender, founder and Executive Director of Freedom Hive Uganda, an ...