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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
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We are #UnitedAgainstTorture!
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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/…
‘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/
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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
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ALT Arte pedindo justiça por Genivaldo, que viralizou na Internet. Cristiano Siqueira. Twitter: @crisvector
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
Caso Genivaldo: Ex-policiais são condenados por morte em porta-malas de viatura.
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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…
🕊️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.
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#ConventionAgainstTorture
🕊️⚖️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/…
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🇲🇽Oswaldo Rodriguez was tortured into confession by police in #Mexico & wrongly imprisoned for 15 years, until @CctiColectivo helped free him.
Read his story:
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#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/joint-dec…
ALT Text reads: Joint Declaration from Torture Survivors in Support of a Torture-Free Trade Treaty "If a torture-free trade treaty would spare even one person the horrors that we have experienced, it is worth any effort that doing so would require. World leaders can achieve this goal if they commit to it, and lives can be saved"
"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.
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Read the latest statement from the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium – signed by us, @omctorg, @REDRESSTrust, & @IRCT – on the escalating #HumanRights crisis in #Georgia & the unprecedented police brutality against peaceful protesters in Tbilisi & Batumi: omegaresearchfoundation.org/…
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🎉Today is #GivingTuesday!
Can you help us to continue our work to protect and uphold #HumanRights and prevent #torture?
You can support us through:
🌟@GlobalGiving @GlobalGivingUK: globalgiving.org/projects/st…
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🌟@Caf: cafdonate.cafonline.org/4066…
ALT Text reads GIVING TUESDAY 2024 CAN YOU HELP US TO PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS?
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Thanks to @coe @CoE_RuleofLaw for hosting such great discussions on addressing the trade in equipment used for torture and other ill-treatment! If you missed the livestream, you can watch the video of the workshop here: coe.int/en/web/human-rights-…
@AmnestyEU
Happening tomorrow! Join us online for a workshop hosted by @coe Steering Committee for Human Rights on ‘Strengthening Multilateral Efforts to Curb Trade in Torture and Death Penalty Goods’: coe.int/en/web/human-rights-…
#UnitedAgainstTorture #TortureFreeTrade @amnesty
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🇽🇰“When you share your story, that’s when the healing begins,” says Shyhrete Tahiri-Sylejmani, a survivor of sexual torture from the Kosovo War.
Read the full story: omegaresearchfoundation.org/…
#UnitedAgainstTorture @IRCT @omctorg @REDRESSTrust @FIACAT_org @apt_geneva
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⚖️Can you help us to fight for justice?
Help us support the family of Luis Bico - killed by police while he was experiencing a mental health crisis - as they take their struggle to the European Court of Human Rights: gofundme.com/f/justice-for-l…
Thank you to all our supporters so far!
We are looking forward to joining other experts for this @coe workshop on #TortureFreeTrade.
You can follow along online tomorrow! Learn more here: omegaresearchfoundation.org/…
It is time to end trade in pain and suffering!
Tomorrow, join the #CouncilOfEurope Workshop on tackling the trade of goods used for torture and the death penalty.
@Amnesty & @Omega_RF will present recommendations for the 46 @coe Member States 🧵
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Learn more about the upcoming workshop!
omegaresearchfoundation.org/…
Happening tomorrow! Join us online for a workshop hosted by @coe Steering Committee for Human Rights on ‘Strengthening Multilateral Efforts to Curb Trade in Torture and Death Penalty Goods’: coe.int/en/web/human-rights-…
#UnitedAgainstTorture #TortureFreeTrade @amnesty
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Happening tomorrow! Join us online for a workshop hosted by @coe Steering Committee for Human Rights on ‘Strengthening Multilateral Efforts to Curb Trade in Torture and Death Penalty Goods’: coe.int/en/web/human-rights-…
#UnitedAgainstTorture #TortureFreeTrade @amnesty
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