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By Camila Restrepo, Communities Officer READ OUR 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW At REDRESS, we have the privilege of witnessing the extraordinary resilience and determination of survivors of torture in our daily work. Learning from survivors has been instrumental in allowing REDRESS to grow from theory to practice in… Read More

By Victoria Kerr  REDRESS Consultant Legal Officer  Around an estimated $300 billion worth of Russian Central Bank assets have been frozen by Western sanctions made in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In July of this year, the EU announced that it… Read More

Resty Mark Prado and Florence Saucelo were detained on suspicion of drugs when they were both 17 and tortured. They recall the threat of retaliation if they reported it to anyone. Read More

Emilija Švobaitė of Sienos Grupė and ReLex Law Firm, winner of one of REDRESS’s Innovative Lawyers Awards, sat down with REDRESS to talk about what it means to challenge torture as a human rights lawyer in Lithuania. Read More

By Renata Politi, Legal Advisor READ OUR 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW Amid a global surge in protests demanding change from those in power, we have witnessed excessive force used against peaceful protesters in numerous countries, including Sudan, Egypt, Bangladesh, Myanmar, the US, Georgia, and Venezuela. REDRESS is responding… Read More

Professor Lutz Oette, one of the interveners in the Gäfgen in the Gäfgen v. Germany (2010) case, describes the features of the case. Read More

By Natalia Kubesch, Legal Officer READ OUR 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW Despite efforts to hold individuals accused of human rights abuses accountable, many high-profile perpetrators continue to enjoy impunity. The UK, in particular, has gained an unsavoury reputation for being vulnerable to the flow of corrupt money—even… Read More

By Andrew Lane, REDRESS Legal Assistant  Read our latest sanctions quarterly update Between 9 May 2024 and 4 November 2024, the UK used its targeted sanctions regimes to respond to the invasion of Ukraine, the conflict in… Read More