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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 ...

Juliana Miranda has defended human rights for over ten years in her country, Argentina. With his regressive policies, the newly elected President Javier Milei threatens to revert all the significant ...

OMCT is proud to mark 2025 as the year of the official launch of the Global Torture Index, a new evidence-based tool to advance the fight against torture worldwide, covering 27 countries across five ...

Libyan authorities have recently intensified their efforts to control the information flow in the country, through a series of internet and communication shutdowns. These blackouts are used to launch ...

The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC), with our national members, call the Government of Georgia to end violence against peaceful protesters, promptly and impartially investigate all credible ...

The OMCT and the Vietnamese Advocates for Change (VAC) have submitted a joint report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee ahead of its review of Viet Nam’s compliance with the International ...

Resources / Statements / Joint Statement: The Blocking of Zawia 3 is a Serious Escalation in Egypt’s Restrictions on Press Freedom Share The undersigned human rights organizations and media outlets, ...

We, the United against Torture Consortium and Crew against Torture, express deep concern at the Russian Federation’s recent decision to formally withdraw from the European Convention for the ...

Geneva, 10 May 2021 - Violence against women has been on the rise worldwide over recent years. Nowhere is this more acute than in Asia, due to a combination of specific regional factors, said a report ...