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On 8 September 2025, widespread protests erupted across Nepal, marking the most significant unrest in decades. The demonstrations were primarily youth-led, dubbed the ‘Gen Z’ movement, and included children among the participants. Demonstrators took to the streets in response to the government’s ban on 26 major social media platforms, including… Read More

This is the seventh blog in a series featuring legal representatives and experts in the field of strategic litigation against torture, discussing the strategic impact of cases catalogued in Casebook 1. In this blog post, Kiri Van Lengen-Welty, Interim Lead Lawyer of the Africa Death Penalty Team at Reprieve,… Read More

READ THE REPORT Sri Lanka has systematically shielded the killers of journalists over a quarter of a century, says a new report focusing on the failures of the police investigation into the October 2000 assassination of BBC Jaffna reporter, Nimalarajan Mylvaganam. At least 44 journalists and media… Read More

READ THE PRESS RELEASE IN ENGLISH   LEA EL INFORME Desnudez forzada, violación, requisas invasivas, acoso sexual, tocamientos inapropiados, violaciones anales y vaginales con objetos, insultos sexistas y homofóbicos: estos no son hechos aislados, sino parte de un patrón creciente y alarmante en América Latina. Read More

LEE EL COMUNICADO DE PRENSA EN ESPAÑOL   READ THE REPORT Forced nudity, rape, invasive searches, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching, anal and vaginal rape with objects, sexist and homophobic insults — these are not isolated incidents but part of a growing and alarming pattern in… Read More

On 2 April 2012, Ansar Dine and AQIM – armed groups pursuing a jihadist ideology – took control of the city in Timbuktu, northern Mali. Over the following nine months, Ansar Dine/AQIM imposed a system of Sharia-based rules and norms on the population, introducing harsh punishments for non-compliance, including… Read More

READ BRIEFING PAPER By Lauren Schaefer, Legal Fellow   On 29 July 2025, the UK Supreme Court handed down one of the most important sanctions decisions since Brexit. In Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and… Read More

READ OUR SANCTIONS MID-YEAR UPDATE Targeted sanctions have become one of the most powerful tools by which governments address human rights abuses and corruption worldwide. However, recent U.S. policy developments risk undermining the credibility of this global response. In a new joint briefing, REDRESS, Human Rights… Read More