World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

Type: Organization

Name: World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) (OMCT)

Web Address: http://www.omct.org/

First Reported 01/05/2010 - Updated 01/05/2010 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Shirin Ebadi

New crackdown hitting human rights defenders

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), condemns the wave of arrests hitting dozens of human rights defenders ... [Groong - 01/05/2010]

Entities: Shirin Ebadi, Human Rights, World Organization Against Torture (OMCT)

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He said the international community had demonstrated an 'incomprehensible sort of passivity' and called for an investigation into the incident. "There's no way that the protection offered by the Iraqis would have been sufficient bearing in mind the pressure that has been exerted" Sottas told reporters

Campaigners urge protection for Iranian dissidents in Iraq [The Middle East - 08/05/2009]