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29 March 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), EMHRN – EuroMed Rights (formerly: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, EMHRN) (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Alianza-Action Aid; Al Karama; CIHRS - Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies et al. (Author)
Algeria, Spain

Joint NGO statement condemning the deportation of an Algerian activist from Spain to Algeria, where he is at risk of torture and serious human rights violations
Algeria: Spain forsakes international obligations in appaling refoulement of Algerian whistle-blower [MDE 28/5409/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070447
29 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
India

Jammu and Kashmir: Human rights defender arrested and his home searched by police
India: Raid on the house of Khurram Parvez and extension of his pre-trial detention period [IND 003 / 1121 / OBS 123.2] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070756
29 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Ukraine

Article on the abduction of civilians in territories controlled by Russian armed forces
Ukraine: Concern over the abduction and torture of civilians in territories under Russian control (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070848
25 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Türkiye

Human rights defender sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for membership in an illegal armed organisation
Turkey: Sentencing of human rights defender Fırat Akdeniz [TUR 001 / 0322 / OBS 021] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070753
24 March 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), ARTICLE 19 (Author), CRIN – Child Rights Information Network (Author), CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), CHRI – Center for Human Rights in Iran (formerly: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran) (Author), ICJ – International Commission of Jurists (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), IHRDC – Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (Author), MRG – Minority Rights Group International (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), ABC - Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran et al. (Author)
Iran

Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation and the need for renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran (use of the death penalty (against child offenders); use of lethal force by security forces against protesters, bystanders and border couriers)
To: Member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council [MDE 13/5395/2022] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070153
22 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Russian Federation, Ukraine

Crimea: Crimean Tatar rights defender arrested as Russian security forces searched his home
Ukraine/Russia: Administrative arrest of Crimean Tatar rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov [RUS 005 / 0322 / OBS 020] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070751
22 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Türkiye

46 participants in peaceful vigils known as Saturday Mothers tried for participation in an unauthorised assembly and refusing to disperse
Turkey: Saturday Mothers group at court for fourth hearing [TUR 001 / 0221 / OBS 024.1] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070752
18 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Russian Federation

Prominent human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina fined for violating laws on assembly
Russia: Administrative harassment against Chairperson of the Civic Assistance Committee Ms. Svetlana Gannushkina [RUS 003 / 0322 / OBS 014.1] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070750
15 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Russian Federation

Kherson region: Journalist allegedly abducted by Russian soldiers on 12 March 2022
Ukraine/Russia: Disappearance of Ukrainian journalist Oleg Baturin [RUS 004 / 0322 / OBS 018] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2070748
15 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Ukraine

Kherson region: Ukrainian journalist allegedly abducted by Russian soldiers on 12 March 2022
Ukraine/Russia: Disappearance of Ukrainian journalist Oleg Baturin [RUS 004 / 0322 / OBS 018] (Appeal or News Release, English)
en ID 2072164

Joint NGO statement condemning the deportation of an Algerian activist from Spain to Algeria, where he is at risk of torture and serious human rights violations

Jammu and Kashmir: Human rights defender arrested and his home searched by police

Article on the abduction of civilians in territories controlled by Russian armed forces

Human rights defender sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for membership in an illegal armed organisation

Crimea: Crimean Tatar rights defender arrested as Russian security forces searched his home

46 participants in peaceful vigils known as Saturday Mothers tried for participation in an unauthorised assembly and refusing to disperse

Prominent human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina fined for violating laws on assembly

Kherson region: Journalist allegedly abducted by Russian soldiers on 12 March 2022

Kherson region: Ukrainian journalist allegedly abducted by Russian soldiers on 12 March 2022