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10-10-2007 | Kofi Annan named President of the Foundation supporting the World Organization against Torture (OMCT)
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 Geneva, October 10, 2007: On October 4, 2007, Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, became the new President of the Foundation supporting the World Organization against Torture (OMCT). Kofi Annan has always demonstrated a strong commitment to human rights and has stated his total opposition to torture. In accepting to become the new President of the Foundation supporting OMCT, he expressed his wish to be actively involved in initiatives defending human ...
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Human Rights Defenders - Press Releases -
Djibouti
04-12-2008 | Appel à un procès juste et équitable pour M. Jean-Paul Noël Abdi
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Human Rights Defenders - Press Releases -
Lebanon
04-12-2008 | Ruling for Lawyer a Victory for Free Speech
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Drop Other Charges against Activist Lawyer
(Beirut, December 4, 2008) – A Lebanese court’s decision to dismiss charges of criminal slander against Muhammad Mugraby, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist, is an important victory for freedom of expression in Lebanon, a group of ten Lebanese and international human rights organizations said today. At a news conference in Beirut, the groups urged the Lebanese government to halt numerous other legal actions pending against Mugraby, which appear intended to punish him for criticizing the country’s ...
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Press Releases -
Bulgaria
03-12-2008 | The World Organisation Against Torture, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre call on the Bulgarian Parliament to legislate to stop human rights violations of persons with mental disabilities
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Geneva, 3 December 2008
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC) and the Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) come together to express their serious concern over the situation of persons with mental disabilities, one of the most marginalised and discriminated groups in Bulgarian society.
In a series of letters to members of the Bulgarian Parliament and Government, officials and elected representatives in the European Union, and the United Nations Special Procedures mandate ...
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Urgent Campaigns - Urgent Appeals -
Democratic Republic of Congo
03-12-2008 | Incommunicado detention of Mr. Emmanuel Monsale Maheshe and Mr. José Kafuka Rujamizi_Fear for safety
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Urgent Campaigns - Urgent Appeals -
Nepal
03-12-2008 | Torture and ill-treatment in police custody_Fear for safety
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NPL 031208
Torture and ill-treatment/ Fear for safety/ Risk of impunity
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Nepal.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source and Antenna International, a member of OMCT SOS-Torture Network, about the torture and ill-treatment in police custody inflicted upon 39-year-old factory owner, Mr. Tika Prasad Dahal, permanent resident of Ramechhap, district Bijulikot ...
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Human Rights Defenders - Press Releases -
29-11-2008 | 29 November: International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders: Put an end to all acts of harassment against women human rights defenders!
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Celebrate International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders
Geneva-Paris, November 29, 2008. At the occasion of the International Day on Women Human Rights Defenders, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), in the framework of their joint programme, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, urge all States to put an end to all acts of harassment against women human rights defenders. The Observatory also calls upon everyone to raise awareness and to acknowledge the work that women are doing to ...
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Urgent Campaigns - Documents -
Democratic Republic of Congo
28-11-2008 | Joint OMCT- FIACAT intervention_8th special session Human Rights Council_Situation in Eastern DRC
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Urgent Campaigns - Urgent Appeals -
China, People's Republic of
28-11-2008 | Follow-up of case CHN 211108_Execution of Mr. Wo Weinhan
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Case CHN 211108.1
Follow-up of case CHN 211108
Execution/ Death penalty/ Unfair trial
Geneva, 28 November 2008
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has received new information in the following situation in the People's Republic of China.
New information
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source and Antenna International, a member organisation of OMCT SOS-Torture Network, about the execution on 28 November 2008 of Mr. Wo Weinhan, who had been sentenced to death in 2006 for spying ...
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United Nations Treaty Bodies - Press Releases -
Kenya
28-11-2008 | The UN Committee Against Torture issues recommendations addressing the economic, social and cultural root causes of violence in Kenya as well as specific forms of torture and ill-treatment against women and children
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Geneva, 28 November 2008
The Committee Against Torture (CAT) has concluded its 41st session and issued recommendations to the Government of Kenya aimed at addressing torture and reducing levels of violence. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) welcomes the endorsement of a number of measures included in the two alternative reports it submitted to the Committee together with its national partners.
These two reports were prepared as complementary documents on specific issues. One was prepared together with the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) and the Kenyan Section of the International ...
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