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Working to protect human rights & prevent torture. Researching the manufacture, trade, & use of weapons & equipment. RT≠endorsement We are #UnitedAgainstTorture
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Joined January 2011
📢Omega is no longer posting on X. Please stay connected with us on our other social media platforms: 🦋 https://t.co/NHqX1J4dpn 📜 https://t.co/XPpqmrE5PP 📷 https://t.co/0MEV0eE5bL We will continue to monitor this account, so please reach out if you have questions about our work
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Omega Research Foundation | 1,611 followers on LinkedIn. Working to protect human rights and prevent torture by exposing the manufacture, trade, and use of weapons & equipment. | We identify and...
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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 https://t.co/68q5WF90kB
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We are #UnitedAgainstTorture! 🤝 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: https://t.co/3GHfxgHfnm
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‘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: https://t.co/h3sQ9fW0HQ
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@parlamentcat @Anais_Franquesa @ribasadri @AmnistiaCAT @ireneurango @AdrianaRibas 📚 El pla per millorar la rendició de comptes dels cossos policials proposa crear un òrgan independent per analitzar les actuacions policials, revisar els mecanismes interns i crear una fiscalia especialitzada en violència institucional. 🖇️ https://t.co/NjVU2iUQKQ
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‼️ Avui a les 15h estarem a la Comissió d'Interior i Seguretat Pública del @parlamentcat presentant el nostre Pla d'Acció per controlar la policia. Amb la compareixença, tanquem una gira d'incidència que ens ha portat al Congrés, Navarra i el País Vasc. https://t.co/2ekbDA6o7l
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Justiça para Genivaldo! ✊🏽 A condenação de três ex-policiais pela tortura e morte de Genivaldo é uma vitória! Leia nossa nota em conjunto com a @Omega_RF e @omtcorg
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
https://t.co/dU7dLFjQeW
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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
https://t.co/dU7dLFjQeW
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Para personas juzgadoras y defensoras públicas a nivel federal en México, este es uno de los casos/ videos que analizamos en la formación @EFFJ_M @Omega_RF
https://t.co/1aG4eJaYhG justicia de Brasil 🇧🇷 encontró a los policías responsables por los crímenes de tortura y homicidio👇🏽
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
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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. https://t.co/l4ge3H51pV
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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 https://t.co/Nh9VGBFLaI
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“School is no longer a safe place where children learn and play; it is a place where people suffer and die,” 10-year-old Hala, a #Palestinian child in #Gaza told the Gaza Community #MentalHealth Programme team when they visited her tent in Deir al-Balah. This is Hala's drawing.
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To read the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium (UATC) statement on Georgia 👉 https://t.co/TkqFjCYYdl
@REDRESSTrust @omctorg @Omega_RF @IMSforfreemedia @OSCE @coe @eu_eeas
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🚨Today, @OBS_defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and partners launch the SOS-Defenders platform exposing arbitrary detention of human rights defenders worldwide. Find out more about the platform and the 274 cases across 17 countries already documented : https://t.co/tpaNxxBivN
#SOSDefenders
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🕊️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. 🔗 https://t.co/YiSGvzu7iz
#ConventionAgainstTorture
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🎉Today on Human Rights Defenders Day, we are celebrating 40 years of the #ConventionAgainstTorture Adopted in 1984, it stands as the foundation of our global fight to end torture. 🎥To mark this milestone, the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium presents Voices for Human
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🕊️⚖️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: https://t.co/P3uA6NDCu3
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Tuesday, 10 December 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the Convention against Torture. Claude Heller, Chair of the Committee against Torture, the UN body of rights that monitors states' compliance...
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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: https://t.co/63rwyQxqfp
#UnitedAgainstTorture @IRCT @omctorg @REDRESSTrust @FIACAT_org @apt_geneva
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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: https://t.co/YiSGvztzt1
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