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20 Mar 2025
Joint statement: Rejection of Amendments to Law No. 34/2004 on the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI Law)
06 Mar 2025
Small grants for CSOs to reduce the unlawful use of force by police or other state officials
Omega is pleased to launch our call for proposals for projects to reduce the unlawful use of force by police or state officials and advance human rights-based police reform.
04 Mar 2025
HRC58 Oral statement by the World Organisation Against Torture on behalf of the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) and IBAHRI
HRC58: Interactive Dialogue with the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Oral statement by the World Organisation Against Torture on behalf of the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) and IBAHRI
25 Feb 2025
Inherently abusive equipment promoted at UAE arms fair
Last week, Omega uncovered that several companies at IDEX were promoting equipment that we consider to be torture equipment and that the Special Rapporteur on Torture and other ill-treatment has previously determined to be items whose manufacture, promotion, sale, and use should be prohibited.
20 Feb 2025
Russian and Israeli Companies Promote ‘Battle-Tested’ Weapons at UAE Arms Fair
The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) – one of the world's largest military and security trade fairs – is taking place this week in Abu Dhabi.
Among the exhibitors this year are dozens of Israeli and Russian defence companies marketing their products as “battle-tested” and using their respective wars in Gaza and Ukraine as proof of their equipment’s effectiveness.