11 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Israel, State of Palestine
East Jerusalem: Palestinian human rights lawyer arbitrarily arrested by Israeli special forces in Kufr Aqab
Israel and the OPT: Arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri [ISR 001 / 0720 / OBS 076.4] (Appeal or News Release, English)
10 March 2022 | EMHRN – EuroMed Rights (formerly: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, EMHRN) (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), EIPR – Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Author), CIHR - Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies et al. (Author)
Egypt
Joint NGO statement calling for the release of all arbitrarily detained individuals
Egypt: End arbitrary detention, Free them all (Appeal or News Release, English)
8 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Russian Federation
Prominent human rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina arbitrarily arrested and subsequently released
Russia: Judicial harassment against prominent rights defenders Oleg Orlov and Svetlana Gannushkina [RUS 003 / 0322 / OBS 014] (Appeal or News Release, English)
7 March 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), HRW – Human Rights Watch (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author)
Afghanistan
Statement to the UN Human Rights Council on the deterioration of the human rights situation since the Taliban takeover in August 2021
HRC49: oral statement on the Human Rights situation in Afghanistan (Appeal or News Release, English)
1 March 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Iraq
Human rights defender and former member of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) investigated for defamation
Iraq: Judicial harassment of human rights defender Dr. Ali Akram al-Bayati [IRQ 001 / 0322 / OBS 012] (Appeal or News Release, English)
25 February 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Sri Lanka
Human rights defender arbitrarily arrested and then released on bail
Sri Lanka: Arbitrary arrest and subsequent release on bail of Shehan Malaka [LKA 001 / 0222 / OBS 010] (Appeal or News Release, English)
24 February 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Nicaragua
Human rights groups and legal representatives of the indigenous communities of the Mayangna Sauni As call on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to provide protection measures; members of these communities have been facing killings, torture, sexual violence, harassment and forced displacement
Nicaragua: Mayangna indigenous communities denounce systematic attacks before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Ukraine
Increased protection needs for individuals in care homes, psychiatric institutions and prisons as they cannot evacuate themselves to safety from armed conflict
Ukraine: The prison population should be included in evacuation plans (Appeal or News Release, English)
22 February 2022 | AI – Amnesty International (Author), TIHV – Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (Author), FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights (Author), OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture (Author), Civil Rights Defenders et al. (Author)
Türkiye
Joint NGO statement on the prosecution of the lawyer and co-chairperson of the NGO Human Rights Assocation, Öztürk Türkdoğan
Turkey: Human rights advocacy cannot be put on trial (Appeal or News Release, English)
17 February 2022 | OMCT – World Organisation Against Torture
Indonesia
Open letter to the ambassador of Indonesia in France on the threat of legal proceedings issued against 2 human rights defenders
Indonesia: Open letter to Ambassador Oemar on harassment against Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar (Appeal or News Release, English)