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Uganda: Arbitrary suspension et detention of student leaders
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY UGA 002 / 0525 / OBS 023 Judicial and administrative harassment / Arbitrary detention / ...
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Georgia: Judicial harassment and home searches targeting human rights defenders and activists
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY GEO 002 / 0325 / OBS 015.1 Searches and seizure / Judicial harassment Georgia 2 May 2025 The Observatory for ...
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India: The Killing of Jahanur Haque: Impunity Prevails in West Bengal
Resources / Statements / India: The Killing of Jahanur Haque: Impunity Prevails in West Bengal The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) strongly condemn ...
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Sudan: arrests and incommunicado detention of a student and a teacher
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Sudanese Organisation against Torture, a member of the OMCT network, of the arrests and incommunicado detention another student and a ...
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Georgia: Adoption of the new Foreign Agents Registration Act
Resources / Statements / Georgia: Adoption of the new Foreign Agents Registration Act At the beginning of the month, Georgian Parliament passed the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in its third ...
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Rights Groups Warn Against Designating Egypt as a Safe Country of Origin
Resources / Statements / Rights Groups Warn Against Designating Egypt as a Safe Country of Origin The undersigned organizations find the European Commission’s April 16, 2025 proposal to establish a ...
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Tunisie : Sonia Dahmani menacée de dix nouvelles années de détention arbitraire
L’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseurs des droits humains, un partenariat de l’Organisation mondiale contre la torture (OMCT) et de la Fédération internationale pour les droits humains (FIDH ...
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Enforced Disappearances in Southeast Asia: A Crisis of Impunity and Forgotten Victims
Geneva, 28 April 2025 – As the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) convenes its 136th session this week in Bangkok, the World Organisation Against Torture ...
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Guinée-Bissau : Harcèlement, intimidations et menaces contre Bubacar Turé, président de la LGDH
L’Observatoire a été informé du harcèlement à l’encontre de M. Bubacar Turé, président de la Ligue guinéenne des droits humains (LGDH), ainsi que des menaces à l’encontre de cette dernière, une ...
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Ligue Guinéenne des Droits Humains
La Ligue guinéenne des droits de l’Homme est une organisation non-gouvernementale de défense des droits humains fondée sur les principes inscrits dans la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme ...
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Defensores indígenas Mayangna condenados a cadena perpetua por defender su territorio
22 de Abril de 2025.- En las Regiones Autónomas de la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua, como el Territorio Mayangna Sauni As (TMSA), ubicado en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Bosawás, los defensores, ...
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A Decade in Exile: 10 Years of Struggle for Human Rights in Burundi
On April 26, 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement of his candidacy for a third term—contrary to the Constitution—marked the beginning of a severe political crisis in Burundi. The citizen ...