14 June 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Türkiye
Istanbul: Homes of several members of the NGO Migration Monitoring Association raided by police on 3 June 2022; 22 members of the organisation were taken away by the police for questioning; 16 of them were then transferred to prisons
Turkey: Arbitrary detention of 22 members of the Migration Monitoring Association [TUR 002 / 0622 / OBS 045] (Appeal or News Release, English)
2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Türkiye
Report on the use of anti-terrorism and national security legislation against human rights defenders (vague definition of terrorism; figures on prosecutions; specialised courts and procedures; execution of prison sentences)
Briefing Note on the Anti-Terrorism Law and Human Rights Defenders in Turkey (Special or Analytical Report, English)
13 June 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Mwatana for Human Rights (Author), published by CAT – UN Committee Against Torture
United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Joint NGO report on torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities controlled by the United Arab Emirates and forces backed by the United Arab Emirates in Yemen
Joint Submission on the United Arab Emirates to the 74st Session of the UN Committee Against Torture (Special or Analytical Report, English)
10 June 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), EMHRN – EuroMed Rights (formerly: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, EMHRN) (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Access Now et al. (Author)
Tunisia
Joint NGO statement on president Kais Saied assuming absolute powers via decree on 1 June 2022 and summarily dismissing 57 judges
Tunisia: Arbitrary dismissals a blow to judicial independence (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 June 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Israel, State of Palestine
Arbitrary detention of French-Palestinian human rights defender prolonged by an Israeli military court
Israel/OPT: Prolongation of the arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri [ISR 001 / 0720 / OBS 076.5] (Appeal or News Release, English)
9 June 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Lebanon
Head of the NGO Palestinian Human Rights Organisation (PHRO) faces harassement when exiting and re-entering the country
Lebanon: Intimidation of Ghassan Abdallah, Director of the Palestinian Human Rights Organisation [LBN 001 / 0622 / OBS 042] (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 June 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Bangladesh
Licence of the human rights organisation Odhikar arbitrarily cancelled by authorities
Bangladesh: Arbitrary cancellation of Odhikar’s licence [BGD 001 / 0622 / OBS 041] (Appeal or News Release, English)
2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Türkiye
Report on persisting restrictions on fundamental rights and freedoms by emergency decrees issued following the failed coup attempt in July 2016 (erosion of constitutional norms; figures on dismissals of public servants, teachers, academics and on arrests of individuals on lists part of the decrees; other topics)
Briefing note on the legacy of the emergency decrees in Turkey (Special or Analytical Report, English)
June 2022 | FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IHD – Turkish Human Rights Association (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)
Türkiye
Report on the use of administrative harassment to intimidate civil society
Turkey Part III; Drowned in Procedure, Sentenced to Fail: Administrative Harassment Against Civil Society in Turkey (Special or Analytical Report, English)
31 May 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Tajikistan
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region: Prominent human right defender, journalist and representative of the Pamiri minority, Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva, arbitrarily arrested; journalists covering the ongoing protests have been attacked by unknown men
Tajikistan: Arbitrary detention of prominent human rights defender Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva [TJK 001 / 0522 / OBS 036] (Appeal or News Release, English)
