Today marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Committee against Torture, the guardian of one of the most widely accepted international human rights conventions. In a campaign for universal ratification of the Convention against Torture, several leading human rights organisations now call on the remaining 42 countries to join the treaty and recognize the full competence of the Committee against Torture.

Rashid Al-Masuri and Hamzah Ahmad Yahya, two Yemeni citizens who are detained in Iraq, are scheduled to appear in front of an Iraqi court on 20 May 2013, following years of arbitrary detention and mistreatment.

Twenty three year-old Yemeni, Rashid Ali Yahya al-Masuri, was scheduled to return to his country late last year, following a special Presidential amne

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Méndez, expressed his deep disappointment on Wednesday 24 April, saying "This is the second time that my visit has been postponed, at very short notice.

We are writing to urge you to express the UK government's grave concern in relation to human rights abuses in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when you meet the country's president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in the course of his forthcoming state visit to the United Kingdom.

On 26 March 2013 - the day of the 5th hearing of the 'UAE94' – Abdulwahed Al Shuhi, a member of the Al Islah movement, was arrested at his office Dubai by police officers. One month later, his whereabouts remain unknown.