URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY UGA 003 / 0525 / OBS 026 Judicial harassment / Online harassment /Ill-treatment / Obstacles ...

The Observatory has been informed of the ongoing harassment of 27 students at Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda, including Akiso Benjamin, the Guild President and a social justice and ...

Under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), no child should ever be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 37). Yet the ...

Please accept the warmest greetings from the undersigned human rights organisations. We are writing to express our concern about the recent acts of persecution and criminalisation directed by the ...

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, human rights organisations, including the FIDH and OMCT within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, are warning of ...

The FIDH is an international human rights organisation that has been active since 1922 and is committed to the defense of civil, political, economic, and social rights.

Armel Niyongere, exiled Burundian lawyer and Secretary General of SOS-Torture Burundi, a member of the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) SOS-Torture network, continues to denounce human rights ...

On April 26, 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza’s announcement of his candidacy for a third term—contrary to the Constitution—marked the beginning of a severe political crisis in Burundi. The citizen ...

April 22, 2025- In the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, such as the Mayangna Sauni As Territory (TMSA, in Spanish) located within the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, Indigenous human ...

The Observatory has been informed about the searches at the homes of civil society organisations’ leaders, including Mr. Aleko Tskitishvili, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center, a member ...

Resources / Statements / Rights Groups Warn Against Designating Egypt as a Safe Country of Origin The undersigned organizations find the European Commission’s April 16, 2025 proposal to establish a ...

The Observatory has been informed about the release on bail and ongoing judicial harassment of Mr Eron Kiiza, a lawyer involved in numerous public interest cases, and an advocate of human rights, ...