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Shortly before the International Torture Victims Support Day, which is marked every year on June 26, the civil society’s Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan has held a set of activities aimed at attraction of attention to cruel treatment issues and enhancing public call-up for justice. In the course of a month, throughout the country, there were conducted information campaigns...

On June 30, 2025, as part of activities timed to coincide with the International Torture Victims Support Day (marked every year on June 26), lawyers of the civil society’s Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan have provided on-site legal advisory services across the City of Dushanbe. The purpose of these activities is to provide free legal assistance to the capital’s residents...

As we approach the International Torture Victims Support Day, June 26, members of the Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan share their subjective impressions when it comes to the meaning of prohibition on torture for them. These short, but strong statements are part of the campaign “Quiet Dialogue”. «Prohibition on torture is not just an act of humanity. It is a legal and moral...

On June 26, there is marked the International Torture Victims Support Day declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 1997 (Resolution 52/149). This date has not been selected by chance — it is June 26, 1987 when the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has come into force. This day is to remind to the whole world that...