Hélène Legeay

MENA program Officer at OMCT and Legal Director of OMCT-Tunisia #torture #warcrimes #armssells #Yemen #Tunisia
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[@alarmphone @alarm_phone]

Voices from the desert:
Hundreds of people are stuck in the borderlands following the mass deportations from Tunisia. Meanwhile, #TeamEurope & #Tunisia toast their new agreement.
Every day we receive videos & testimonies documenting the violence & dire situation.
Don't look away.

[Hélène Legeay @HeleneLegeay]

@MoniaBH @carnetdoute Puis je avoir son contact ? Pas pour de l'aide humanitaire mais pour saisir les nations unies en urgence

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

1/Written in my personal capacity.
Living in Tunisia, I am shocked at the mounting violence against Subsaharian Africans in the country. Discrimination has always existed. Now, encouraged by foolish political statements of the leadership, a real witch hunt against them is ongoing

[MENA Rights Group | منّا لحقوق الإنسان @MENA_Rights]

The UN Committee against Torture has just requested #Morocco to suspend the extradition of Hassan al-Rabea to #SaudiArabia.

We ask the government of Morocco @ChefGov_ma to implement the Committee's request as a matter of urgency. https://t.co/fh0USj1eqH

[MENA Rights Group | منّا لحقوق الإنسان @MENA_Rights]

Le Comité contre la torture de l'ONU vient de demander au #Maroc de suspendre l'extradition de Hassan al-Rabea vers l'Arabie saoudite.

Nous demandons au gouvernement du Maroc @ChefGov_ma de mettre en œuvre immédiatement la demande du Comité.

[Gerald Staberock @gstaberock]

RAB has been created supposedly to fight terror, but has become a tool to terrorize dissent and opposition.

How naive (or more…) can EU states be to provide intelligence training & technology to a group that ended up on its US supporters sanctions list.

[Gerald Staberock @gstaberock]

Very concerned about the arrest of one of our partners in Tunisia.

This a key case for Tunisia and the future of civic space in the country.

sayf ayadi needs to be released.

[The Observatory @OBS_defenders]

🚨 Rights defender Sayf Ayadi and member of DAMJ has been abducted a few hours ago by plain clothes police officers in #Tunisia.

He is now under police custody & at high risk of ill-treatment.

📢We call on the authorities to immediately release him.

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

Civilians in #Yemen are caught in a war between a rebel group & a coalition of countries that restrict the delivery of food, medicine & fuel, causing starvation. Despite saying it opposes the blockade France provides weapons to support it. #StopTheBlockade https://t.co/IuHRPU8wqL

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

The humanitarian crisis in #Yemen is the worst in the world. The Saudi-led coalition blocks food medicine & fuel to civilians. Western countries say they oppose this blockade but « words don’t match action » as French weapons & ships are used. Our podcast: https://t.co/sSj6cIzsQF

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

State armed groups and militias in #Libya killed at least 581 civilians, both nationals and migrants, between January 2020 and March 2022.

Our 🆕 report is the first to document these cases
▶️ https://t.co/vPbSAKJgIm

Photo Nada Harib/Getty Images via AFP

[Hélène Legeay @HeleneLegeay]

Tens of thousands of vulnerable people in #Yemen are on the brink of starvation. One major factor is the naval blockade that has plunged the country into a deep humanitarian crisis and violates international norms.
🆕 report ▶️ https://t.co/p3z2TPVIEJ

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

The naval blockade on #Yemen has plunged the country into a major humanitarian crisis and violates international norms, including the United Nations Torture Convention.

🆕 report ▶️ https://t.co/vS2guJkn54

@OSE_Yemen @SRWatSan

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

1️⃣ Solid anti-torture laws
2️⃣ Community-based police forces
3️⃣ The end of impunity for the army
These are the 3 priorities of the new UN Special Rapporteur on torture @DrAliceJEdwards. We will do everything to help her. #TogetherWeCanEndTorture
@apt_geneva

[Gerald Staberock @gstaberock]

It is false belief across the #EU that soft talk protects interests better.

The contrary is true.

Not speaking out when Human Rights Defenders in #India are detained is recipe to be ignored on any future concern about ‘our values’.

Living closing civic space.

[The Observatory @OBS_defenders]

After 1 year of detention in #Morocco, Uyghur rights defender Yidiresi Aishan is at risk of extradition to #China, where he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.

The extradition proceedings against him must be cancelled.

Our joint statement▶️https://t.co/0iRg5vbPvr

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

#CAT74 experts concluded the review of #Palestine today. They questioned the weak anti-torture legislation, asked for accountability for human rights abuses in Gaza and in cases of extrajudicial killings.

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

Beyond the Legion of honor, Mohammed Bin Zayed is first and foremost the person responsible for widespread torture and ill-treatment in the #UAE and in #Yemen & for the detention of many peaceful human rights defenders in his country https://t.co/7gIBtH1trH

[World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) @omctorg]

#CAT74 experts asked for clarity on human rights law and how it is applied by the #UAE, amidst reports of human rights violations against migrants, a corrupt justice system and torture in the UAE & #Yemen. The UAE avoided the question by focusing on technical aspects of the law.

[Ali Jameel @ajmeel91]

@MwatanaEn and @omctorg have made a Joint Submission on the United Arab Emirates to the 74st Session of the UN Committee Against Torture.

Both NGOs participated in NGOs briefing before CAT.
https://t.co/tgTYlCBxPG