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Putting Solitary Confinement in the Spotlight: New international initiatives to map, monitor and end its use

Under the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules ), it is defined as the confinement of ...
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Iran: Narges Mohammadi, several other human rights defenders arbitrarily arrested in massive crackdown

More than 50 people were arrested, including five women human rights defenders, while they were taking part in a ...
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Kazakhstan: Physical attacks and judicial harassment of LGBTQIA+ defenders Temirlan Baimash, Ardzh Tursynkhan, and Zhanar Sekerbayeva

Geneva-Paris, 19 December 2025 - At the end of November 2025, unidentified individuals and state authorities physically ...
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Turkey: Arbitrary dissolution of the Young LGBTI+ Association

TUR 001 / 1225 / OBS 080 Arbitrary dissolution / Obstacle to freedom of association / Judicial harassment Turkey 19 December ...
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Strengthening the Collective Response to Human Rights Defenders’ Arbitrary Detention

Across every region, human rights defenders (HRDs) continue to be arbitrarily detained for their work, sometimes for days, ...
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Annual reports

The World Organisation Against Torture works with 200 member organisations to end torture and ill-treatment, assist victims, and protect human rights… ...