Belarus is facing a profound and systemic human rights crisis in the labour sector, marked by the dismantling of ...

In a joint letter addressed to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) ...

On the sixth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Thai pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, the World ...

After years of repression and a violent turning point in July 2024, Bangladesh is navigating a critical moment for human ...

In Pakistan, torture is widespread and systemic, especially in law enforcement and detention facilities, according to OMCT’s ...

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), under the framework ...

The World organisation against torture and its network members, are deeply alarmed by the arbitrary suspension of three prominent local human rights organizations in Ethiopia and call for their ...

The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Kyrgyzstan. New information The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Kyrgyz ...

Three years after Ethiopia’s review by the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) in May 2023, serious concerns remain regarding the prevention of torture and ill-treatment across the country.

For many LGBTQIA+ people, torture does not begin in detention, it begins with legislation that either criminalises, ignores or fails to protect them. The Global Torture Index, which assessed the risk ...

Dear High Representative / Vice-President Kallas, Dear Foreign Ministers of the EU member states, We, the undersigned humanitarian and human rights organisations and trade unions, write to you as ...

BANGKOK, Thailand (14 May 2026) – We, the undersigned civil society organizations, including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH), strongly condemn the Thai ...