Born in Damascus, Syria, Lina is a filmmaker, journalist, and human rights defender, who in 2011 decided to pick up her camera and start filming, ...

The democratic health of a country can be measured by its transparency, through public authorities making information ...

GEO 002 / 0325 / OBS 015 Obstacles to freedom of assembly and association Georgia 28 March 2025 The Observatory has been informed about ...

THE OBSERVATORY CHN 001 / 0325 / OBS 013 Arbitrary detention / Torture and ill-treatment / Judicial harassment China 24 March 2025 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a ...

On December 13, 2024, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and members of the SOS Torture Network launched SOS-Defenders, a platform designed to document and advocate against the arbitrary ...

On the occasion of International Women's Rights Month, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) organises an online webinar to tackle the subject of sexual and reproductive rights in the world ...

Resources / Statements / Libya: Escalating Hate Speech, Xenophobia, and Violence Against Migrants in Libya Tunis, 19 March 2025 – The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) strongly condemns the ...

The World Organisation Against Torture (Organisation Mondiale Contre la Torture - OMCT in the French acronym) works with around 200 member organisations which constitute its SOS-Torture Network, to ...

OMCT and partner human rights and journalist organisations are alarmed by the recent escalation in the government’s crackdown on freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly following the ...