One year after the M23 takeover of Goma, the human rights situation and the humanitarian and security context in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in North Kivu and South Kivu, remain extremely worrying. Civilians continue to be victims of serious and repeated human rights violations, mainly… Read More
UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are examining credible evidence that Iranian security forces used indiscriminate and excessive force during recent protests, violating the right to life and potentially amounting to torture and other ill-treatment. While the internet shutdown in… Read More
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and REDRESS welcome an important decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), which found that Egypt’s use of forced genital examinations (also known as “virginity tests”) on two women pro-democracy protesters in 2011 constituted degrading, inhumane and torturous… Read More
Read it in English REDRESS celebra la sentencia emitida el 15 de diciembre de 2025 por la Corte Superior Nacional de Justicia Penal Especializada del Perú, que halló culpables a tres agentes de la Policía por los delitos de tortura agravada y violación sexual agravada contra… Read More
Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country, 22 organizations said today. The commission has found Egypt in breach of… Read More
On 4 November 2025, during Malawi’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), numerous UN Member States urged Malawi to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations and take concrete steps to prevent, investigate, and prosecute acts of torture, ill-treatment, and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons. The UPR is… Read More
ENGLISH Le Consortium United Against Torture exprime sa plus vive préoccupation et condamne avec la plus grande fermeté la brutalité de la répression exercée par les forces de sécurité malgaches à l’encontre de manifestants pacifiques. Depuis le 25 septembre 2025, la capitale, Antananarivo, est le théâtre de protestations citoyennes menées… Read More
Français The United Against Torture Consortium expresses its deepest concern and condemns in the strongest terms the brutal repression carried out by the Madagascan security forces against peaceful demonstrators. Since 25 September 2025, Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, has witnessed protests led mainly by young people, grouped under the… Read More
