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July 30, 2024
Civil society actors across the world frequently operate in challenging or hostile environments in their efforts to defend human rights. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) supports members of the SOS-Torture network, along with local actors, working to end torture and impunity and to support the rehabilitation of victims. We provide support by:
- Engaging in joint activities and campaigns.
- Sharing expertise and capacity-building opportunities.
- Providing financial support to local actors, individuals, organisations, and initiatives, primarily outside the European Union.
This assistance enables them to carry out their crucial work in defending human rights and ending torture.
Our activities in support of the human rights movement are made possible by the generous contributions of our donors.
United Against Torture
Support to local anti-torture organisations
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Support to victims of torture
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Support to victims of torture in Tunisia
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Protecting Human Rights Defenders
Emergency support for human rights defenders at risk
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Institutional support for local organisations at risk
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https://www.omct.org/en/what-we-do/material-support
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Tags: human rights, Human Rights Defenders, impunity, news, NGO, OMCT, rehabilitation, torture, World Organisation Against Torture
June 13, 2019
The London-based International Campaign for Freedom in the United Arab Emirates (ICFUAE) said the prisoners were being held in a so-called ‘counselling section’ inside al Razeen prison, a desert facility around 120 kilometres from the capital, Abu Dhabi. ICFUAE said prisoners including Osama al Najjar, Badr al Bahri, Ahmed Almolla, Faysal, Othman and Abdelwaheed Elshoh, Abdullah Elhelw, Said Elbrimy and Kalifa Rabiaa, had finished their sentences but were still being held indefinitely. The UAE claims that the purpose of the ‘counselling’ facilities is to rehabilitate convicts.
“These prisoners’ continued detention exposes the UAE’s Year of Tolerance as little more than a cynical PR stunt,” ICFUAE said in a statement. Joe Odell of ICFUAE told TRT World there was no real justification for the UAE to continue to hold the men. “These men have served their time, any further imprisonment plainly violates their most basic human rights,” he said. “Instead of being returned to their families, they’re languishing in the UAE’s most notoriously repressive prison, with no end in sight,” he added.
[In May, UN Human Rights experts spoke out against the continued detention of activist Ahmed Mansoor, who was jailed for tweets raising awareness of another activist’s detention. The experts said that the conditions of Mansoor’s imprisonment, which included solitary confinement, could constitute torture. [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2019/04/10/mea-laureate-ahmed-mansoor-on-hunger-strike-in-emirates/]
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Tags: Ahmed Mansoor, Badr al Bahri, Emirates, illegal detention, International Campaign for Freedom in the United Arab Emirates (ICFUAE), Kalifa Rabiaa, Osama Al-Najjar, re-education, rehabilitation, UAE
April 23, 2016
As the main author of a book on “Indonesia and the Rule of Law” published as far back as 1987 (Pinter Publishers ISBN 0-86187-919-8; International Commission of Jurists) I cannot be but very interested in the way the Indonesian government deals with the mass atrocities that took place in 1965. It had promised in the elections (Nawacita) to investigate and this is also laid down in its National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2015-2019. Under the title “Indonesia: What next after symposium on 1965 massacre, Mr. President?” the Asian Human Rights Commission on 21 April comments on the half hearted start the Government made with a symposium held on 18 and 19 April 2016 in Jakarta. The government, represented by the President’s advisory body, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the Press Council, and also representatives from other government institutions attended the symposium. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 1965 massacre, Asian Human Rights Commission, impunity, Indonesia, Indonesia and the Rule of Law, International Commission of Jurists, investigation, Komnas HAM, rehabilitation, The Economist, Truth and Reconciliation Commission
December 9, 2015
In the series “10 December, 10 Defenders” OMCT published on 4 December 2015 the profile of Emma Bolshia Bravo who helps Bolivian victims recover from torture and its second trauma, silence.
“Considering the magnitude of the psychological effects on the victim, the fear it generates within society, and the traumas transmitted to the following generations, torture causes irreparable damage,” says Emma Bolshia Bravo. “That’s why prevention of torture is crucial.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: 10 December - 10 Defenders, anti-torture campaign, Bolivia, Emma Bolshia Bravo, OMCT, prevention, profiles, rehabilitation, torture, woman human rights defender
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 