Georgian civil society and human rights organisations are facing a crackdown, with their voices and spaces being shrunk by the authorities. The ...

The Observatory has been informed about the arbitrary detention of Ms Keta Tsitskishvili and Mr Vakho Sanaia, two journalists ...

UKR 001 / 1125 / OBS 066 Judicial harassment Smear campaign Ukraine 3 November 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, ...

Social media pictures of: Noel Cisneros, Katiuska Castillo Vásquez, Ingrid Briceño Venegas y Marcela Hernández Guerra Resources / Statements / Venezuela: Arbitrary Detention of Students Noel Cisneros, ...

Joint statement, 31 st October 2025 Geneva - Yaoundé, The OMCT SOS Torture Litigators’ Group in Africa, the International ...

The United Against Torture Consortium condemns the ongoing judicial harassment, intimidation, and smear campaigns targeting ...

URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY UGA 006 / 1025 / OBS 065 Judicial harassment / Arbitrary detention Uganda 29 October 2025 The ...

Defenders should be allowed to do their invaluable work and exercise their right to freedom of expression without fear of ...

Armel Niyongere, exiled Burundian lawyer and Secretary General of SOS-Torture Burundi, a member of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) SOS-Torture network, continues to denounce human rights ...

Paris-Geneva, 2 October 2025 – Today, the Sumud Flotilla for Freedom, carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza and composed by international human rights defenders and activists committed to non-violent ...

The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH), together with the undersigned human rights organizations, strongly condemn the escalating crackdown by Moroccan authorities on peaceful protests, including minors and ...

Three years after Mahsa Jina Amini’s death in police custody, Iranian women keep pushing back against state control, even as the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) detains more women’s rights defenders ...