Paris-Geneva, February 5, 2010. 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 arbitrary arrest of at least 100 protesters, including Mr. Oleg Orlov, at a peaceful demonstration in Moscow.

On January 31, 2010, around 100 protesters, including several prominent human rights defenders, including Mr. Oleg Orlov, Chairman of the Executive Board at the Memorial Human Rights Centre, Mr. Lev Ponomarev, Director of the Movement ...

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Paris-Geneva, January 22, 2010. 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 arbitrary arrest in East Jerusalem of 17 protesters at a peaceful demonstration against forced-evictions.

On January 15, 2010, 17 protesters and human right activists, including Mr. Hagai El-Ad, Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), were arrested by the police at a lawful peaceful demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, ...

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Open Letter to Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

January 20, 2010

Re: All human rights defenders must be released immediately

Your Excellency,

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), wishes to welcome the release on bail on January 14, 2010 of Ms. Atieh Youssefi, member of the “One Million ...

Geneva-Paris-Dublin, January 20, 2010. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights and Front Line express their deepest concern following the sentencing of human rights lawyer Mr. Le Cong Dinh to five years in prison on subversion charges.

Today, the People’s Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced Mr. Le Cong Dinh to five years in prison, following a one-day trial, for “carrying out activities ...

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