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Tunisia

20-11-2009 | Trial of Mr. Taoufik Ben Brik - a mockery of justice
 
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Tunisia

18-11-2009 | The Observatory and the Euro-mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN): Joint press release: Total black out on human rights defenders
 
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Peru

17-11-2009 | Amazon Conflict – A step forwards in the dialogue process
 
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Philippines

13-11-2009 | A Considerable Step Forwards thanks to the President Arroyo: The Anti-Torture Bill was signed!

PUBLIC STATEMENT

The Philippines: A Considerable Step Forwards thanks to the President Arroyo: The Anti-Torture Bill was signed!

Copenhagen - Geneva, 13 November 2009. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) welcome the signing yesterday by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of the Act Penalizing the Commission of Acts of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, prescribing Penalties Therefore and for Other Purposes. The signing of the Act is a ...

 
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Gambia

11-11-2009 | ACHPR : « We will not participate in the 46th Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to be held in The Gambia »
  • International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
  • International Federation of Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture
  • Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l'Homme (RADDHO)
  • Interafrican Union for Human Rights (IUHR)
  • World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)


African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights

« We will not Participate in the 46th Session of the
African Commission on Human and ...

 
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Iran

06-11-2009 | Advar members arbitrarily detained

Paris – Geneva, 6 November 2009: The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) express their profound concern over the arbitrary arrest and detention of peaceful activists in Iran. Both organisations fear that they are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment while in detention.

FIDH and OMCT have been informed by the Iranian League for the Defense of Human Rights about the arbitrary detention of Messrs. Hasan Asadi Zaidabadi and Mohammad Sadeghi, members of the Central Council of the student alumni group Advar, as ...

 
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Tunisia

05-11-2009 | The prisonners of the Gafsa-Redeyef Mining Basin finally free!!
 
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Tunisia

03-11-2009 | Ongoing harassment against independent journalists and defenders
 
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Iran

02-11-2009 | Iranian human rights defender banned from receiving major human rights award in Geneva

Paris-Geneva, November 2, 2009. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), deplores the obstacles to the freedom of movement of Mr. Emad Baghi, a prominent journalist involved in the defence of human rights, with the obvious aim to prevent him from receiving the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA).

Over the past days, Mr. Emad Baghi, who is also the founder of the Centre for Defence of Prisoners’ Rights, has been prevented from ...

 
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Zimbabwe

30-10-2009 | CINAT - Public Statement: Zimbabwe: Mission by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture blocked

Copenhagen, Geneva, London, Paris, 30 October 2009. The Coalition of International NGOs against Torture (CINAT)[1] strongly condemns Zimbabwe’s refusal to receive after all the officially planned fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Mr. Manfred Nowak. Mr. Nowak’s visit was postponed at the last minute by Zimbabwe’s Foreign Ministry while he was on transit to the country.

Mr. Manfred Nowak was invited by the Zimbabwe Government to conduct an ...