NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY TORTURE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
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August 14, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Armenia
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August 14, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Colombia
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August 14, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Algeria
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August 14, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Ukraine
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August 13, 2020 | Human Rights Defenders | Urgent Interventions | Congo, Democratic Republic
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The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) condemns the widespread ill-treatment, often amounting to torture, of hundreds if not thousands of protesters, who were arbitrarily detained in Minsk and other cities across Belarus. The OMCT further calls for an independent international investigation into the systematic and extremely violent repression of peaceful protests after the August 9th presidential poll. Any official involved in torture, including those bearing command responsibility, must be immediately suspended pending such an investigation, and subsequently brought to justice and appropriately punished. read more ...
August 14, 2020 | Statements | Belarus
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August 14, 2020 | Assistance to victims | Links
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Yevhenii Vasyliev and Konstantin Reutski were brutally and arbitrarily detained in Minsk near Victory Square by traffic police officers (DPS). The two Ukrainian human rights defenders were legally present on the territory of Belarus and did not commit any illegal actions. The detention was carried out with excessive force and clearly resulted in injuries and health hazards to the detainees. read more ...
August 13, 2020 | Statements | Belarus
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August 11, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Reports and Publications | China
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August 11, 2020 | Statements | Bahrain
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August 8, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements
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July 24, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Chile
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July 23, 2020 | Monitoring Protection Mechanisms | Statements | Bolivia
Your Majesty,We, the undersigned organizations, urge you to commute the death sentences of Mohamed Ramadan and Hussein Ali Moosa, who have exhausted all legal remedies available to them after the Court of Cassation upheld their death sentences on July 13, 2020. Our organizations oppose the death penalty in all cases, regardless of who is accused, their crime, their guilt or innocence, or the method of execution. However, the cases of Ramadan and Moosa raise additional concerns given the serious fair trial violations they experienced and their credible torture allegations.
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July 23, 2020 | Statements | Bahrain
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