29 July 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Ukraine
East Ukraine: 33 voluntary humanitarian aid workers detained by Russian and pro-Russian forces from March to July 2022; some of the prisoners have reportedly been ill-treated while in detention and one of then is still held
Russia: Torture and ill-treatment in detention of humanitarian volunteers in occupied Ukraine [RUS 009 / 0722 / OBS 064] (Appeal or News Release, English)
28 July 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), Dejusticia (Author), ISHR - International Service for Human Rights (Author), RFKHR - Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (Author)
Colombia
Joint NGO statement calling on authorities to end the criminalisation of an Afro-Colombian women human rights defender
Colombia: Over 2,000 days of criminalisation and persecution against human rights defender Milena Quiroz Jiménez. (Appeal or News Release, English)
28 July 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
India
Open letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay on the urgent need for access to medical care for human rights defenders detained in Nagpur and Taloja prisons in Maharashtra state
India must provide jailed human rights defenders with urgent access to health care (Appeal or News Release, English)
26 July 2022 | CW4WAfghan – Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (Author), IFEX – International Freedom of Expression Exchange (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), AFEMENA - Arab Foundation for Freedoms and Equality (Author), AWID (Author), Bent El Nile, Egypt (Author), Fe-Male, Lebanon et al. (Author)
Iran
Joint NGO statement condemning the targeting of social media accounts of feminists and women's rights collectives by user accounts presumably operated by security forces
Iran: Halt attacks against feminist accounts on social media (Appeal or News Release, English)
25 July 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), CAJAR - Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo et al. (Author), CALDH - Centro para la Acción Legal en Derechos Humanos (Author), CALPI - Centro de Asistencia Legal a Pueblos Indígenas (Author), CIPRODEH - Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (Author)
Honduras
Joint NGO statement on the beginning corruption trial in the case of concessions of the Gaulcarque river located in the territory of the indigenous Lenka community
Honduras: International mission will observe "Fraude sobre el Gualcarque" case (Appeal or News Release, English)
19 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), GfbV – Gesellschaft für Bedrohte Völker (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Front Line Defenders (Author), Acat Belgium et al. (Author)
China, Morocco
Joint NGO letter calling on Moroccan authorities to prevent the extradition of an Uighur activist to Chinese authorities
Joint Letter; Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan at risk of extradition after one year of detention in Morocco [MDE 29/5881/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Türkiye
Report on prison conditions and the situation of prisoners (statistics of the prison population; torture and ill-treatment; COVID-19 measures; critically-ill prisoners; discrimination against groups with special needs; aggravated life sentences; other topics)
Briefing note on the situation of prisons and prisoners in Turkey (Special or Analytical Report, English)
12 July 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
India
Head of independent news site Alt News arbitrarily arrested for a message he posted on social media in 2018
India: Arbitrary detention of journalist and rights defender Mohammad Zubair [IND 005 / 0722 / OBS 060] (Appeal or News Release, English)
12 July 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), PIN – People in Need (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), HRHF – Human Rights House Foundation (Author), IBAHRI - International Bar Association Human Rights Institute et al. (Author)
Russian Federation
Joint NGO statement calling for EU support for the creation of a mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation in light of the human rights situation
RE: EU leadership for a Special Rapporteur on Russia at the UN Human Rights Council [EUR 46/5866/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 July 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
India
Prominent woman human rights defender Teesta Setalvad arbitrarily detained and met with judicial harassment and reprisals in retaliation for her legal actions for victims of 2002 religious violence in Gujarat
India: Ongoing arbitrary detention of prominent woman rights defender Teesta Setalvad [IND 004 / 0722 / OBS 059] (Appeal or News Release, English)
