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Manuel Rojas Boyan is a survivor of one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Confined underground in the pitch-black and tortured for his support of revolution against the military dictatorship of Bolivia in the 1970s, Manuel refused to give up the names of friends and very nearly paid with his life.

Former UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez discusses the development of anti-torture tools and standards in the 40 years since the United Nation’s adoption of the Convention against Torture.

Civil society organisations from around the world call for a Torture-Free Trade Treaty. Omega is a member of the core organising group of the Torture-Free Trade Network.

On 13 August 2024, the Omega Research Foundation delivered online training to lawyers who accompany those affected by alleged arbitrary use of force by police or military officials during the protests that took place from December 2022 to March 2023.

Ahead of renewed mass protests in Kenya, the United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) expresses its grave concern over clear and convincing evidence of the systematic torture and ill-treatment, extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances of protesters by Kenyan security forces.