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Kenya: Deportation of Martin Mavenjina and escalating crackdown on human hights defenders
KEN 001 / 0725 / OBS 040 Deportation Kenya 9 July, 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a ...
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Guatemala: 39 human rights organisations express solidarity with Ramón Cadena
Guatemala: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and other human rights organisations and ...
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Guinea: One year after the enforced disappearance of FNDC activists, abductions increase in a ‘climate of terror’
Guinean authorities must urgently reveal the fate and whereabouts of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution ...
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China: Chinese government impunity for crackdown on lawyers fuels decade of repression
Ten years after the Chinese government’s widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers, concerned governments and the United ...
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Joint Statement | Lebanon: Seven Years of Enacting a Torture Law without Effective Implementation
On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ...
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Kyrgyzstan: Parliament Votes to Abolish Torture Prevention Body – President Must Reverse Course
We, the undersigned human rights groups, are deeply alarmed by the June 25 decision of the parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic ...
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OMCT | Global Torture Index
The Global Torture Index is a unique, data-driven tool designed to annually assess the risk of torture and other ill-treatment worldwide. It evaluates national laws, policies, and practices in line ...
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OMCT | Le Comité des Nations Unies contre la torture (CAT)
Le Comité des Nations Unies contre la torture contrôle la mise en œuvre des obligations des États parties à la Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou ...