As 17 March marked 15 years of arbitrary detention of human rights defender Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace for his role in Bahrain’s pro-democracy movement, ...

On March 13, human rights activist Tolekan Ismailova was taken in for questioning by officers from the Bishkek City Main ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights ...

We, civil society across the globe - including the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) ...

March 2026 As journalist and human rights defender Irfan Mehraj marks three years in arbitrary detention tomorrow, we the ...

Four years after the murder of the Nasa indigenous leader José Miller Correa, former councillor of the Association of ...

Resources / Statements / Iran: Over 30 NGOs raise alarm over dire situation for detained human rights defenders amid rising protest death toll 15 January 2026 – As mass repression of protests and ...

Rowena Legaspi, Executive Director of the Children’s Legal Rights and Development Center in the Philippines, partner of OMCT ...

The assassination of Yanar Mohammed , a prominent Iraqi feminist and President of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), on 2 March 2026 ...

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights, together with the undersigned organisations, strongly urges the Central ...

Resources / Reports / Five Strategic Priorities for the African Union to Prevent Torture and protect human rights defenfers in 2026 The African Union’s 2026 Theme of the Year — “Assuring Sustainable ...

The World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) expresses its grave concern at the escalating repression and widespread human rights violations committed by authorities in response to ongoing protests ...