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World Organisation Against Torture

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) is the main coalition of international non-governmental organisations (NGO) fighting against torture, summary executions, enforced disappearances and all other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. With 282 affiliated organisations in its SOS-Torture Network and many tens of thousands correspondents in every country, OMCT is the most important network of non-governmental organisations working for the protection and the promotion of human rights in the world. Website: www.omct.org/
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China: Human rights defender Hu Jia released, but still under surveillance, while others remain detained

28 June 2011 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

Malaysia: Concern about the trial against human rights defender Charles Hector Fernandez

27 June 2011 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

India: Attacks and death threats against four women involved in the defence of the rights of the rural workers and the right to information

27 June 2011 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

Tajikistan: A coalition of non-governmental organizations is calling on the government to end torture and fulfil its international obligations

June 2011 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

Tunisie - 100 jours de détention pour Fahem Boukaddous, 241 pour Hassan Ben Abdallah : le dossier du bassin minier n'est pas clos !

22 October 2010 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

México: Los tribunales militares no deben juzgar las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas contra civiles

6 August 2009 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and three Filipino NGOs ask the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to address the economic, social and cultural root causes of violence in the Philippines

20 November 2008 | Publisher: World Organisation Against Torture | Document type: Country News

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