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Niger : Six month-long arbitrary detention of human rights defender Moussa Tchangari must end
Niger’s authorities should immediately release civil society activist and human rights defender Moussa Tchangari and stop ...
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Urgent interventions
The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...
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Burundi : Torture, Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings persist despite the State's commitments
Resources / Reports / Burundi : Torture, Enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings persist despite the State's commitments Ten Burundian civil society organisations, under the coordination of ...
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Déclaration de solidarité avec la Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme
L’Organisation mondiale contre la torture exprime son indignation face aux tentatives de perturbation et de déstabilisation des travaux du Conseil national de la Ligue Tunisienne des Droits de l’Homme ...
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The Global Torture Index – An Innovative Tool to Combat Torture Worldwide
Despite 175 countries ratifying the UN Convention Against Torture, this grave violation of human rights persists in prisons, public assemblies, armed conflicts, and daily police interventions. Torture ...
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Algérie : Blocage du site internet de l’ONG Riposte Internationale
L’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseurs des droits humains, un partenariat de la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH) et de l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT ...
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Burundi : Torture, disparitions forcées et exécutions extrajudiciaires persistent malgré les engagements de l’État
Ressources / Rapports / Burundi : Torture, disparitions forcées et exécutions extrajudiciaires persistent malgré les engagements de l’État Dix organisations de la société civile burundaise, sous la ...
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Ethiopia: Arbitrary arrest and detention / Peaceful demonstration
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of FIDH and OMCT, requests your urgent international intervention in the following situation in Ethiopia. Brief ...
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Uganda : Stop judicial harassment against human rights defender Ssuuna James
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 ...
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China: Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Journalist Zhang Zhan
Resources / Statements / China: Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Journalist Zhang Zhan A coalition of 62 press freedom and human rights ...
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Comité Contra la Tortura
El Comité de las Naciones Unidas contra la Tortura monitorea el cumplimiento de las obligaciones de los Estados Partes de la Convención contra la Tortura y Otros Tratos o Penas Crueles, Inhumanos o ...
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Venezuela: Disparition d’Eduardo Torres, membre de PROVEA
L'Observatoire pour la protection des défenseur.es des droits humains, programme conjoint de la FIDH et de l'Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT), sollicite votre intervention urgente dans ...