We, the undersigned organizations and journalists, express serious concern regarding the detention of Sudanese journalist ...

January 2026 - The continued prosecution of the president and 10 executive board members of the Istanbul Bar Association, and ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed proclamation that, if passed, would significantly restrict the independence, ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and our network members, the Ethiopian human rights council (EHRCO) and the Association for human rights in Ethiopia (AHRE), have submitted an alternative ...

Resources / Statements / China: Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression (July 7, 2025) Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human ...

Resources / Statements / Afghanistan: People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issues historic judgement. On the 11th of December 2025, the People’s Tribunal for Women in Afghanistan issued an ...

Israel’s Supreme Court has recently clarified, this time explicitly, that interrogational torture is lawful in certain circumstances in Israel’s legal system. The clarification came in seemingly ...

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...

The undersigned organisations, including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT), call for the immediate and unconditional release of human rights defender and student ...

The re-election of long-standing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in early January took place in a context of gross human rights violations that continue to occur across the country with almost complete ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the undersigned organisations have submitted an alternative report to the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) regarding the situation of ...

The conflict in Sudan, raging since April 2023, has displaced over 10 million Sudanese and forced them to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. However, instead of finding safety, they encounter a ...