NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY TORTURE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
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The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the continuing
arbitrary detention and the ill-treatment of Mr. Nabeel Rajab, the
President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Deputy Secretary
General of FIDH, Founding Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR),
and a member of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) Middle East and North Africa
Advisory Committee.
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September 17, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Bahrain
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Mr. Iñaki Rivera has been summoned to testify on September 18, 2019, as a defendant before the Court of Instruction in Barcelona. The citation has been produced following a complaint by the prison commission of the Comisiones Obreras trade union, which has accused Mr. Iñaki Rivera of defaming prison officials during a Catalan public television interview (in the TV3 channe) in which the existence of ill-treatment in prisons was discussed. read more ...
September 16, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Spain
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The Observatory has been informed by the League for the Defence of Human
Rights in Iran (LDDHI) about the sentencing of seven human rights defenders to
long-term prison terms in relation to union activities or
the reporting on such activities in the context of the Haft Tappeh Sugar Cane
Company workers strike in Shush, Khuzestan
Province, southwest Iran. read more ...
September 12, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Iran
September 10, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Peru
September 9, 2019 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Venezuela
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Since the last review of Egypt’s record in
2014, human rights violations have increased sharply and the undersigned
organisations and our partners have documented an unparalleled stifling
of human rights organisations and human
rights defenders. The UPR is an opportunity for States to contribute to reversing
these trends and promoting respect for human rights in Egypt.
We urge your government to take
part in the UPR process and to make concrete recommendations to
the Egyptian authorities. read more ...
September 17, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Egypt
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September 11, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Venezuela
Geneva (OMCT), Lomé (CACIT): The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and the Collectif des Associations Contre l’Impunité au Togo (CACIT) open a call for participation for members of the OMCT SOS-Torture Network and strategic potential partners to join its working group "Migration and Torture". This new regional initiative will bring a much-needed protection perspective from torture across the migration routes from and within Africa through innovative and collective research and advocacy.
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September 9, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms, Press Releases | Links
September 9, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Urgent Interventions | China
We are currently seeking to recruit a Human Rights Adviser for its Latin America desk, who will work under the director supervision of the Convention against Torture Program Director.
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September 4, 2019 | Links
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August 30, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Urgent Interventions | Turkey
Mr. Ramy Shaath, political opponent and Coordinator of the BDS movement in Egypt, is arbitrarily detained since July 5. The information was made public last week by his wife, who was forcibly expelled from the country at the time of her husband’s arrest. FIDH, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) denounce the ongoing consequences of the most recent crackdown on civil society in Egypt. They renew their call on the authorities to immediately end any act of harassment, including at the judicial level, against all peaceful activists, in particular political opponents and human rights defenders. read more ...
August 30, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Egypt
August 28, 2019 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Greece
It was a striking choice for France
to invite Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to attend the 24-26 August G7
summit in Biarritz, for which the chosen theme is “the fight against
inequality”. The number of Egyptians under the poverty line
has
clearly risen according to official Egyptian 2018 statistics, while the
World Bank
estimates
that “
some 60% of Egypt’s population is
either poor or vulnerable” in 2019. Egyptian social and economic rights
defenders, trade union activists, journalists and whistle-blowers, as well as
feminist, LGBTQIA+ organizations and civil society at large have not been
spared in recent waves of state crackdown on dissent.
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August 21, 2019 | Urgent campaigns | Statements | Egypt
La Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) manifiesta su preocupación ante la aprobación, el 24 de julio pasado, de la “Ley de Protección Policial” por parte de la Comisión Permanente del Congreso de la República, al contener elementos que la hacen incompatible con los estándares constitucionales e internacionales que regulan el derecho a la vida y el derecho a la integridad personal. En consecuencia, solicita respetuosamente la observación de la citada norma por parte del máximo responsable del Ejecutivo.
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August 19, 2019 | Urgent campaigns | Urgent Interventions | Peru
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