The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention of Ms Keta Tsitskishvili and Mr Vakho Sanaia, two journalists ...

Joint statement, 31 st October 2025 Geneva - Yaoundé, The OMCT SOS Torture Litigators’ Group in Africa, the International ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY UGA 006 / 1025 / OBS 065 Judicial harassment / Arbitrary detention Uganda 29 October 2025 The ...

The United Against Torture Consortium condemns the ongoing judicial harassment, intimidation, and smear campaigns targeting ...

Defenders should be allowed to do their invaluable work and exercise their right to freedom of expression without fear of ...

UKR 001 / 1125 / OBS 066 Judicial harassment Smear campaign Ukraine 3 November 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, ...

In Venezuela, torture is part of a systematic pattern of state repression against persons arbitrarily detained for political reasons or for their work in the defense of human rights. According to ...

Social media pictures of: Noel Cisneros, Katiuska Castillo Vásquez, Ingrid Briceño Venegas y Marcela Hernández Guerra Resources / Statements / Venezuela: Arbitrary Detention of Students Noel Cisneros, ...

The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), a member of the OMCT network, of the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl (name withheld), resident of ...

The Global Torture Index is a unique, data-driven tool designed to annually assess the risk of torture and other ill-treatment worldwide. It evaluates national laws, policies, and practices in line ...

Juliana Miranda has defended human rights for over ten years in her country, Argentina. With his regressive policies, the newly elected President Javier Milei threatens to revert all the significant ...

The enforcement of Covid-19 related restrictions has dangerously increased police violence worldwide, according to a new briefing report published today by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT ...