We send our very best wishes to Pau Pérez-Sales as he begins his mandate as UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. He has considerable expertise in working to end & prevent torture around the world, including many years supporting survivors.

We send our congratulations to Pau Pérez-Sales on his appointment as the new UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment!

🇧🇩 Omega has just published 'Continuity or Change?', a new briefing uncovering the procurement and use of law enforcement weapons and equipment in Bangladesh before and after the July 2024 uprising.

Continuity or Change?: An analysis of the procurement and use of law enforcement equipment in Bangladesh before and after the July 2024 uprising - Omega Research Foundation

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🎉 Great news! ✨ Last month, two new States committed to ending the trade in tools of torture! 👏🇦🇩 🇲🇨 Join us in congratulating the Governments of Andorra and Monaco as they join the Alliance for Torture-Free Trade! #TortureFreeTrade #UnitedAgainstTorture

“Survivors are not merely witnesses. They are rights-holders and agents of change,” write the authors of a civil society statement on the UN Int’l Day in Support of Victims of Torture. Read the joint statement here: www.cvt.org/statements/c...

On 26 June, as we celebrated the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Mexican survivor and activist Italia Méndez tells us about the importance of the new Charter for Victims and Survivors of Torture. 🔗 Watch the interview here: bit.ly/4vFgHTW #UnitedAgainstTorture

Earlier this month, Omega together with Amnesty International France, attended Eurosatory 2026, an arms fair held in Paris. We found the promotion of equipment that should be banned. You can read more about it here: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/omega-m...

Omega monitoring at Eurosatory highlights prohibited equipment and emerging risks Ot - Omega Research Foundation

The week of June 15th Omega together with Amnesty International France, attended Eurosatory 2026, a major defence and security exhibition held in Paris. Both organisations were there as independent mo...

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🤝 On 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United Against Torture Consortium calls on States to stand with survivors and to strengthen global efforts to end torture. 🧡 The Consortium has released our joint statement to mark 26 June. 👇

Joint Statement: On 26 June, the United Against Torture Consortium calls on States to stand with survivors and strengthen global efforts to end torture  - Omega Research Foundation

Our joint statement to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

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“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” It is time to tackle the trade in torture tools.

🌍 UATC Three Years of Impact In a world facing rising conflict, shrinking civil space, and attacks on human rights, collective action has never been more important. #UnitedAgainstTorture #EndTorture #HumanRights #UATC #Justice #Accountability #SurvivorsFirst

United Against Torture 2023-2026: Impact Report - Omega Research Foundation

The United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) operates at a time of mounting global challenges. As conflicts proliferate, authoritarianism rises, and civic space continues to shrink, torture and other ...

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After years of repression and a violent turning point in July 2024, Bangladesh is navigating a critical moment for human rights. While the scale of abuses remains stark, signs of change are beginning to emerge, from a landmark court ruling to growing pressure for accountability. 🔗 bit.ly/4dXQJn5

Bangladesh: Breaking the Cycle of Impunity

After years of repression and a violent turning point in July 2024, Bangladesh is navigating a critical moment for human rights. Alvi Hakim is a legal and…

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🇧🇩 Alvi Hakim is a legal and operations advisor at the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST), partner of OMCT within the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium. 🎥 In this interview, he shares his perspective on a country at a crossroads, and why he still sees grounds for hope.

✨ It's #VolunteersWeek & we want to acknowledge the enormous impact of our student volunteers & interns over the past year. 🤝 Thank you all so much for your commitment to human rights & your support of our work!

Law enforcement officials are required to make rapid decisions on the use of force in dynamic and uncertain situations. Join us on Wednesday to discuss police accountability, integrity, oversight, & use of force for professional policing. 👇

📣 We join other members of the civil society #TortureFreeTrade Network in welcoming the publication by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Alice Edwards, of her Recommendations for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty.

📢 Peaceful protests worldwide are increasingly met with excessive force and the misuse of police weapons that silence dissent and cause serious harm.

📆 Save the date! Join us in discussing police accountability, integrity, oversight & use of force next week!

#Bangladesh: This #InternationalWeekOfTheDisappeared, we join 12 human rights organisations in calling on the Bangladesh government to ensure truth, justice and reparation for victims of enforced disappearances and their families. 🧵 1/4 www.cpjp.org.au/news/joint-s...

Bangladesh: Ensure justice, reparation for victims, and guarantees of non-recurrence of enforced disappearances — Capital Punishment Justice Project

A joint statement on the occasion of the International Week of the Disappeared 2026.

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📣New report from our #TortureFreeTrade Network colleagues, Physicians for Human Rights! 🪧‘Tools of Repression: How US Law Enforcement Escalated the Use of Three Weapons to Crack Down on Immigration Protests’ examines use of weapons in policing US protests in 2025-26. 🔗: phr.org/our-work/res...

Tools of Repression - PHR

Drawing on four decades of research on the health and human rights harms of CCWs, a team of PHR experts have documented injuries from these weapons and identified the prominent role certain lesser-kno...

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📃 Out now! A great new issue of the Torture Journal (Volume 36, Nº 1 (2026))! 🌏 Articles in this issue explore coercion, torture documentation, #rehabilitation, & accountability across contexts from secret detention sites in #Bangladesh, to institutional violence in #Chile.

🌎 All around the world, specialist equipment is used in acts of torture & other ill-treatment. Despite this, there are no international, #HumanRights-based controls on the trade in tools of torture. ‼️ It is time for a #TortureFreeTrade Treaty.

Regulate the trade in policing equipment now

Ask your government to back a global treaty to keep equipment like tear gas and pepper spray from getting into the hands of abusive police forces.

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Omega Research Foundation@omegarf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨Bangladesh must protect human rights We joined other #HumanRights organisations in urging the Government of #Bangladesh to pass the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 & the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedy Ordinance 2025. 🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/banglad...

🚨Bangladesh must protect human rights We joined other #HumanRights organisations in urging the Government of #Bangladesh to pass the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 & the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedy Ordinance 2025. 🔗 omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/banglad...

Bangladesh Urged to Pass the National Human Rights Commission and Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedy Ordinances - Omega Research Foundation

Statement from civil society organisations, including the United Against Torture Consortium

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📣 Now available! The new Handbook on the Use of Technology in Prison Settings from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime & @icrc.org.

We were horrified to hear of the acid attack against Andrie Yunus from Komisi untuk Orang Hilang dan Korban Tindak Kekerasan (KontraS), our valued partner in #Indonesia. With KontraS, he has worked consistently to expose abuses of power, #HumanRights violations, & shrinking civic space in Indonesia.

⁉️What weapon made a noise so powerful that it sparked a stampede in Belgrade last year?

‘Sonic Weapon’ Mystery Unsolved, One Year After Panic at Serbian Protest

A year after a powerful noise sparked a stampede at a Belgrade vigil for victims of the Novi Sad station disaster – prompting speculation about use of a ‘sound weapon’ – Serbia’s institutions have not...

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🌎 All around the world, specialist equipment is used in acts of torture & other ill-treatment. Despite this, there are no international, #HumanRights -based controls on the trade in tools of torture.

📣 New post! Read the new blog from our partners WAVE Gambia on our website & learn about their work training law enforcement officers in The Gambia on international and national human rights standards: omegaresearchfoundation.org/.../spotligh... #UnitedAgainstTorture

✨ Today in Geneva & online: join the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium for the launch of the Charter of Rights of Victims of Torture.

🔗 More information on projectile electric shock weapons, like Tasers, on our website: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/e...

Electric Shock Weapons - Omega Research Foundation

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Omega Research Foundation@omegarf.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🇮🇪 We have added our support to this letter from our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social to the Acting Deputy Commissioner of An Garda Síochána about the new Taser pilot in Ireland. Read the letter & learn more about our shared concerns: www.iccl.ie/police-justi...