Normalised #torture inside places of detention in Libya 🇱🇾 Overcrowded cells. Electric shocks. Sexual violence. Hunger. Almost no accountability. Silence enables torture. But data can help stop it. 📷 Find all the findings at bit.ly/4l5voKH

Insightful meeting with World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) Secretary General Gerald Staberock. Combating #torture is a major EU priority. OMCT is a key partner—providing critical insights on global trends, supporting human rights defenders, and deepening our understanding of torture in migration contexts.

Very encouraging discussion with Kajsa Ollongren the EU Special Representative on Human Rights. No organisation alone will master the human rights crisis we are witnessing. Building alliances to defend the universality of rights and the space for civil society to defend rights.

🌎 Nos sumamos al reconocimiento por la publicación de la Resolución 02/25 de la CIDH - IACHR, un logro histórico que pone en el centro a las familias y personas que sostienen y acompañan a quienes están privadas de libertad. 👏🏾 🔗 Conoce la resolución: bit.ly/4pf5AOH

🇨🇩 La documentation par la Commission d’enquête de l’ONU des violations graves des droits humains commises dans l’Est de la #RDC est cruciale pour la lutte contre l’impunité et l’accès des victimes à la justice. 🔗 Lire la déclaration de #UATC et ses partenaires en RD Congo

🇺🇳 Join us at the HRC60 on 17 September as we discuss the increasing criminalisation of human rights defense and how repressive trends impact freedom of association and democracy. The side event will feature human rights defenders and the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of

We’re expanding! 🦋 OMCT is now on #Bluesky, adding another platform to connect with our global community. ✊🏽 This new space will allow us to: 📌 Share insights and advocacy updates. 📌 Highlight survivor stories. 📌 Build stronger solidarity across communities and movements.

🇺🇳 Join us at the #HRC60 on 17 September as we discuss the increasing criminalisation of human rights defense and how repressive trends impact freedom of association and democracy. The side event will feature human rights defenders and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of

🇲🇽 #FacesOfHope: Last Saturday, Amuzga Indigenous lawyer and woman human rights defender, Kenia Hernández turned 36 years old still behind bars. She has spent the past five years in prison for no other reason than defending political prisoners and participating in several

At the UN Human Rights Council's 60th session, IBAHRI and partner organisations urge states to support the renewal of the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on #HumanRights in #Russia. Free expression is being increasingly stifled in the country. Read: tinyurl.com/yc64ya75 #HRC60

In Belarus, torture is used to silence dissent and impunity prevails. Forced confessions. Incommunicado detention. Civil society under attack. 📊 The #GlobalTortureIndex rates Belarus as "very high risk" for torture. 🎥 Watch the video, explore the data, and use it to demand

🇮🇷 Three years after Mahsa Jina Amini’s death in police custody, the women of Iran continue to resist state control. Despite facing torture, solitary confinement, and even death sentences, women human rights defenders are at the forefront of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.

🇺🇳 Join us tomorrow at the #HRC60 on as we discuss the increasing criminalisation of human rights defense and how repressive trends impact freedom of association and democracy. The side event will feature human rights defenders and the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of

Belarusian journalist Ihar Ilyash sentenced to four years in a penal colony for working with independent media It was alleged that the journalist was "collecting information for foreign intelligence services and gave comments to Ukrainian publications." spring96.org/en/news/118682

🇧🇾 #FacesOfHope: For 5 years, woman human rights defender Marfa Rabkova, member of Viasna, has been arbitrarily detained in Belarus. She is behind bars for doing what every society needs: monitoring peaceful assemblies and documenting torture and ill-treatment of protesters.

✊ Our silence speaks: Freedom for Marfa Rabkova! Five years ago, Marfa Rabkova was arrested for her peaceful activism in #Belarus. Today, the international #humanrights community pauses in solidarity to mark this ongoing injustice. Though her voice is behind bars, our

📢 New Report: Censorship by Detention 2024 Arbitrary detention is not just a violation of individual rights. It is also a deliberate strategy to silence dissent and obstruct human rights work. In 2024, our #SOSDefenders partners documented 93 new cases of human rights