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In yet another example of the ‘state secrets’ doctrine overriding the right to a remedy, victims of extraordinary rendition have been denied the opportunity to seek justice after the United States Supreme Court refused to review the dismissal of their case. The claimants – Binyam Mohamed, Abou Elkassim Britel, Ahmed Agiza, Mohamed… Read More

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims (RCT) and REDRESS welcome the publication of the Report of the UN Secretary-General’s Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka. The three human rights organisations call on the UN Secretary-General to act on the recommendations made by his… Read More

Advocacy Forum-Nepal and the Redress Trust (REDRESS) today welcomed the big step taken by the government to table bills for a new Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and Sentencing Act before the Parliament; but raised concern that some of the provisions fall short of international law to… Read More

The case of Mutua and Others v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will commence at 10:30am on Thursday 7 April at the Royal Courts of Justice. The hearing is before Mr Justice McCombe and is due to last 8-10 days. The case involves allegations of torture and other ill-treatment committed by… Read More

The families of eight youths from Manau, Bardiya District who were taken away by the security forces in April 2002 submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee with the help of Advocacy Forum-Nepal and the REDRESS Trust. Under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on… Read More

REDRESS, the legal charity that fights for the rights of victims of torture and violence, is delighted by today’s announcement that it has been chosen to receive the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The organisation is to receive a $500,000 grant from the American philanthropic… Read More

The UK Government’s decision to pay compensation to 16 men held by US forces at Guantanamo Bay should not limit scrutiny of possible UK complicity in the alleged mistreatment and torture of individuals detained during security activities post 9/11, REDRESS said today. On the contrary, the settlement underscores the imperative for a full… Read More

African Rights, the REDRESS Trust and the Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR) welcome the decision of the French Government to arrest Callixte Mbarushimana,the Executive Secretary of the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), in Paris yesterday, in response to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal… Read More