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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🪧 France must protect the right of all people – including children – to participate in protests safely and free from torture and other ill-treatment. #UnitedAgainstTorture @irct.bsky.social @omct.social @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social @amnestyfrance.bsky.social

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🔗 Here you can learn more about some of our concerns around the use of explosive weapons at protests: omegaresearchfoundation.org/reports/ther...

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Theron v France (third party intervention) - Omega Research Foundation

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🛑 #Torture & other ill-treatment are absolutely prohibited even if a protest is not peaceful. Children are entitled to additional protections under international human rights laws & standards. 🔗 Read this @unicef.org report to learn more: www.unicef.org/reports/free...

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Free and safe to protest

Policing assemblies involving children

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

‼️ While Omega welcomes the suspension of the use of stun grenades, it is insufficient. ❌ *ALL* exploding weapons should be prohibited for use during the policing of protests.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🇫🇷 We are deeply concerned by reports of excessive use of force & accounts of severe and life-changing injuries caused by police USING weapons during youth #protests in #France. 👉 Any use of force must be lawful, strictly necessary, and proportionate.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

La investigación aporta las pruebas, pero la capacitación crea el espacio para transformar esas pruebas en conocimiento práctico. 🔗 Lea el artículo completo de Elsa en nuestro blog para saber más: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/from-re... #UnitedAgainstTorture

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From Research to Training: How Research Supports Omega’s Training for Torture Monitoring Mechanisms in Argentina - Omega Research Foundation

Elsa Andress, one of Omega's volunteers, shares her thoughts on an upcoming human rights training in Argentina.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

De cara a una próxima capacitación en derechos humanos sobre armas policiales y de seguridad en Argentina, Elsa, una de nuestras voluntarias, investigó cómo los mecanismos de monitoreo de todo el país documentan tortura, los retos a los que se enfrentan y los enfoques que han desarrollado.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Research provides the evidence, but training creates the space to turn that evidence into practical knowledge. 🔗 Read Elsa’s full blog to find out more: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/from-re...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For an upcoming human rights training on police and security weapons in Argentina, Elsa Andress, one of our volunteers, researched how monitoring bodies across the country document torture and other ill-treatment, the challenges they face and the approaches they have developed.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📑 An important new report from our #UnitedAgainstTorture partners Association for the Prevention of Torture brings together practices that show how authorities and oversight bodies can strengthen protection, uphold dignity, and prevent torture and other ill-treatment. 🔗 www.apt.ch/knowledge-hu...

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Advancing SOGIE Rights in Detention | APT

APT Centre Jean-Jacques Gautier 10, route de Ferney CH - 1202 Geneva, Switzerland

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ LGBTIQA+ people deprived of their liberty face heightened risks of violence, discrimination, and torture and other ill-treatment. ‼️ These risks are avoidable.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🪧 To support those documenting and challenging these abuses, our ‘Guidance Note on Addressing the Misuse of Police Weapons in Protests’ is available in English, French, Spanish, & Arabic.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

❓ Same logo, same abuse and impunity? 👉 Bangladesh’s infamous Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) was ‘disbanded’ earlier this month, and has been replaced by the new Special Response Battalion (SRB). 🔗 There needs to be widespread change, not just a new name or logo: netra.news/2026/banglad...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📑 The 2026 @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social #FirstCommittee Briefing Book is out now & the Torture-Free Trade Network joins @nuclearban.bsky.social, @explosiveweapon.bsky.social, @hrw.org, & many more: 🔗: www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/pu...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

❓ Why do we need to end the trade in tools of torture? 📣 Read & see what steps civil society is calling on states to take. 🔗: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...

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Reaching Critical Will @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The #FirstCommittee Briefing Book is out! 🗞️ The new edition provides background information and contains recommendations from civil society coalitions to states. Read it and get ready for a busy disarmament month! 💪 www.reachingcriticalwill.org/resources/pu...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is there need for a “more powerful" Taser? ❓: omegaresearchfoundation.org/news/taser-1... 🕯️Read the concerns of @amnestyuk.bsky.social on the Police Service of Northern Ireland plan to increase the number of officers using the ‘Taser 10’ weapon: www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/north...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Every statistic is a real child who may have had a traumatic experience of being struck, or strip searched, or even tasered.” - Nicola Killean, Scotland's Children and Young People's Commissioner All use of a Taser should be referred to the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Like Representatives Ramirez, Stansbury, Goldman, & tens of others, we don’t think ICE should be buying torture equipment. ‼️ Electric shock gloves are torture equipment. ❌ They should never be used by law enforcement. Their letter to Secretary Mullin: ramirez.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‼️ Stun batons are torture equipment. ❌ They should never be used. 🔗 @theipaper.com: inews.co.uk/news/politic... 🔗https://omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/electric-shock/direct-contact-electric-shock-weapons/

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China embassy guards threaten UK protesters with electroshock weapons

UK warns Beijing that attempts to 'intimidate or harm' individuals on UK soil will not be tolerated

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

‼️ Electric shock gloves are torture equipment. ❌ They should never be used by law enforcement. 🔗https://omegaresearchfoundation.org/reports/ice-plan-to-acquire-electric-shock-gloves-raises-serious-concerns-over-risk-of-torture/

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

📑 The guide will seek to identify measures that are effective, feasible, rights-compliant, and adaptable to different legal, social, and institutional contexts, and to provide practical guidance concerning their implementation.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🔊 Reminder! There is a little over a month left to make a submission in response to the call for input from the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Pau Pérez-Sales, who will be presenting a thematic report and technical guide on practical measures to reduce and prevent prison overcrowding.

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OHCHR | Call for input: Practical measures to reduce and prevent prison overcrowding

BackgroundPrison overcrowding is a persistent and widespread problem in many regions of the world. It affects not only the amount of living space available to persons deprived of liberty, but the func...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The investigation complements Omega’s recent briefing Continuity or Change?, which examines the procurement and use of law enforcement weapons and equipment in Bangladesh before and after the uprising. Read the briefing: omegaresearchfoundation.org/reports/cont...

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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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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Important new investigation from @netranews.bsky.social examining firearms used by Bangladesh’s security forces during the July 2024 uprising. Omega contributed technical assistance to identify several of the weapons documented in the investigation. netra.news/2026/guns-of...

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The guide offers: 🔹 An overview of the weapons most commonly used to police protests 🔹 Documentation techniques 🔹 Guidance on domestic & international legal standards 🔹 Survivor-centred approaches to evidence gathering 🔹 Strategies for litigation & advocacy

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🪧 Our #UnitedAgainstTorture ‘Guidance Note on Addressing the Misuse of Police Weapons in Protests’ provides practical tools for monitors such as civil society organisations & National Human Rights Institutions to assist in identifying, documenting, and challenging such misuse in a protest context.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

📢 Protests are fundamental to democratic life. Yet across the world, peaceful gatherings are increasingly met with excessive force and the use of dangerous weapons, which undermines freedom of expression, violates human rights, and in some cases may amount to torture and other ill-treatment.

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Challenging Repression: A Guide to Addressing the Misuse of Police Weapons in Protests - Omega Research Foundation

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We look forward to supporting him and his mandate, including alongside our #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium colleagues and through the #TortureFreeTrade Network. @omct.social @redress.org @fiacat-org.bsky.social @cvt.org @cels-argentina.bsky.social @irct.bsky.social

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

He has longstanding experience working to end & prevent torture around the world, including many years working with survivors with Centro SIRA & in his vital role as Editor of the Torture Journal, advancing interpretation of the anti-torture framework.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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!

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

While we have identified some positive changes, including reductions in the procurement and use of shotgun ammunition containing metal pellets, serious concerns remain, notably the recent acquisition stun batons and rubber bursting grenades.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Drawing on human rights reporting, police tenders, trade data, media reports, and other open-source evidence, the briefing assesses whether policing practices have changed since the fall of the Awami League government.

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

🇧🇩 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.

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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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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The civil society Torture-Free Trade Network remains committed to supporting States & to working for international regulation of the trade. 🔗 Learn about the Network & our campaign for a Treaty: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/t...

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Two new members join the Alliance on Torture-Free Trade

On 9 June 2026, Andorra and Monaco joined the Alliance on Torture-Free Trade (Global Alliance).

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

In becoming members of the Alliance, Andorra & Monaco join Mongolia, the EU, Argentina, & more than 60 other States in taking this important step to prevent torture around the world. 🔗 Read more: fpi.ec.europa.eu/news/two-new...

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Two new members join the Alliance on Torture-Free Trade

On 9 June 2026, Andorra and Monaco joined the Alliance on Torture-Free Trade (Global Alliance).

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Omega Research Foundation @omegarf.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🎉 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

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Center for Victims of Torture @cvt.org · 26/06/2026

“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...

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