In the early hours of 30 April 2026, the Israeli Navy intercepted vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing off the coast of Crete ...

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

Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity (Coalition against Torture), the International Partnership for Human ...

Mr Alain Berset Secretary General of the Council of Europe Palais de l’Europe Strasbourg 20 April 2026 Re.: The Forced Return ...

Dear President von der Leyen, Dear High Representative / Vice-President Kallas, Dear Foreign Ministers of the EU member ...

Paris-Geneva-Istanbul, 16 April 2026 – The trial of Turkish and French sociologist and human rights defender Pınar Selek was postponed once again on 2 April 2026, with the Istanbul 15th High Criminal ...

THE OBSERVATORY New information UGA 006 / 0126 / OBS 065.2 Conviction / Judicial harassment / Arbitrary detention Uganda 16 ...

Today, torture lies at the heart of some of the world's most urgent crises, from rising authoritarianism and militarised policing to shrinking civic space and inequality-driven violence. It is ...

The undersigned European and national human rights organisations express deep concern at the December court ruling in Türkiye shutting down LGBTI+ youth organisation, Genç LGBTİ+, the lawsuit ...

We, civil society across the globe - including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) -strongly condemn and denounce the acid attack against the Deputy Coordinator of ...

18 February 2026 – 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) ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) expresses its grave concern at the escalating repression and widespread human rights violations committed by authorities in response to ongoing protests ...