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, ...

On 13 February, 2025, over 100 SOS-Torture network members and partners joined OMCT’s Global Torture Index Webinar to share experiences from its pilot phase and discuss the next steps leading to its ...

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 ...

Georgia: New Briefing Note Reveals Systematic Extra-Custodial Torture and Suppression of Political Dissent Following Suspension of EU Accession Process ...

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 ...

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 Observatory has been informed about the freezing of the bank accounts of two human rights organisations, the Human Rights House Tbilisi, one of the key regional actors providing support to human ...

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 ...

Two years have now passed since the start of the devastating conflict in Sudan that continues to shatter the lives of thousands and decimate civilian infrastructure across the country, while the ...

As the Georgian people keep fighting for their freedom and the country's European future, the ruling party is on a fast track towards an authoritarian regime. At the same time, civil society, while ...