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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will seek the advice of Experts on the guidelines to establish rehabilitation centres for victims of torture. | Pulse Nigeria

Palestinian authorities are systematically mistreating and torturing Palestinians in detention, including critics and opponents.

Download logoThe UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) confirmed its upcoming visits to Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador and Türkiye in

This memorandum provides an overview of several of Human Rights Watch and Lawyers for Justice's central concerns with respect to torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and impunity for these grave abuses by government authorities in Palestine.

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The authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have prosecuted and imprisoned scores of human rights defenders, political activists, journalists and…

Ahmad Manasra’s lawyers and family have stepped up their campaign for his freedom, after years of interrogations and abuse led to deterioration of his mental health.

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In commemoration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that promotes human rights for people in prisons, Prison Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), has called on the Nigerian government to comply with its reporting obligations to the Committee Against Torture in line with Article 19 of the Convention […]

The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) took place from 20 to 25 June in Kigali, Rwanda. Zimbabwe has applied for possible re-admission