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Reports show migrants being deported from US to #Brazil in hand- & legcuffs; with allegations that agents pulled on & over-tightened handcuffs to inflict pain. Use of restraints can be humiliating & degrading, especially when not justified by the situation youtube.com/watch?v=R4-B-5…

We are #UnitedAgainstTorture! 🤝 With 5 other organisations, we are working together to strengthen the global anti-torture movement, expose torture & other ill-treatment, provide redress to survivors, & prevent future #HumanRights violations. Learn more: omegaresearchfoundation.org/who-we-are/uni…

‘Standard’ law enforcement equipment – such as handcuffs & batons – is used all around the world in acts of #torture & other ill-treatment. Let’s work together to stop these #HumanRights violations. #UnitedAgainstTorture #TortureFreeTrade Learn more: omegaresearchfoundation.org

Justiça para Genivaldo! ✊🏽 A condenação de três ex-policiais pela tortura e morte de Genivaldo é uma vitória! Leia nossa nota em conjunto com a @Omega_RF e @omtcorg

Justice for Genivaldo! ✊🏽 The conviction of three former police officers for the torture and killing of Genivaldo is a victory for justice. Read our reaction with our partners @justicaglobal and @omctorg #JustiçaPorGenivaldo #BlackLivesMatter #Brazil omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/justice-f…

The conviction of officers in Sergipe, Brazil, for the torture & killing of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos is a step in the right direction, but convictions for torture remain rare. We must continue to fight for justice #JustiçaPorGenivaldo #JusticeForGenivaldo @omctorg @justicaglobal

As we come to the end of 2024, we've been thinking about the people & organisations we've worked with over another busy year. Around the world, #HumanRights continue to come under attack & our work remains vital. Your help can make a difference. Support us cafdonate.cafonline.org/4066#!/Donatio…

“School is no longer a safe place where children learn and play; it is a place where people suffer and die,” 10-year-old Hala, a #Palestinian child in #Gaza told the Gaza Community #MentalHealth Programme team when they visited her tent in Deir al-Balah. This is Hala's drawing.

To read the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium (UATC) statement on Georgia 👉 irct.org/wp-content/upl… @REDRESSTrust @omctorg @Omega_RF @IMSforfreemedia @OSCE @coe @eu_eeas

🚨Today, @OBS_defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and partners launch the SOS-Defenders platform exposing arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide. Find out more about the platform and the 274 cases across 17 countries already documented : bit.ly/3BvqdlR #SOSDefenders #CensorshipByDetention #HRDs #EndArbitraryDetention #HumanRights

🕊️On #CAT40, survivors of torture from across the world demand that the international community takes immediate action to stop the production, sale, trade, & use of tools of torture. 📢We need a #TortureFreeTrade Treaty NOW. 🔗cvt.org/statements/joi… #ConventionAgainstTorture

🎉Today on Human Rights Defenders Day, we are celebrating 40 years of the #ConventionAgainstTorture Adopted in 1984, it stands as the foundation of our global fight to end torture. 🎥To mark this milestone, the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium presents Voices for Human Dignity—a multimedia series highlighting survivors, human rights defenders, and experts working to prevent torture worldwide. 🔗 Explore their stories: bit.ly/3VskW5u

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🕊️⚖️Today is the 40th anniversary of the #ConventionAgainstTorture. Claude Heller, Chair of @UNHumanRights Committee against Torture, reflects on the milestones from the past four decades, & notes the journey is far from over: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/looking-b… #UnitedAgainstTorture

🇲🇽Oswaldo Rodriguez was tortured into confession by police in #Mexico & wrongly imprisoned for 15 years, until @CctiColectivo helped free him. Read his story: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/there-is-… #UnitedAgainstTorture @IRCT @omctorg @REDRESSTrust @FIACAT_org @apt_geneva

The 40th anniversary of the Convention Against Torture is tomorrow, & survivors from around the world are calling for controls on the trade in equipment used for #torture & other ill-treatment. It is time for a #TortureFreeTrade Treaty: cvt.org/statements/joi…

@apt_geneva @omctorg @REDRESSTrust @IRCT @FIACAT_org @EU_FPI @eu_eeas

"Torture is the ultimate abuse of state power over its citizens." — 🇪🇺 EU Special Representative Olof Skoog. His insights on the global fight against torture, human rights dialogues, #TortureFreeTrade, & 40th anniversary of the Convention Against Torture. #UnitedAgainstTorture ⬇️