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More than 2 years ago, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) ruled in favour of Azul and held Peru responsible for the torture and other acts of violence that she suffered. On 3 November 2022, the Peruvian State for the first time apologised to a Peruvian citizen who is… Read More
Five years since Jagtar Singh Johal, a human rights defender and British citizen from Scotland was abducted in the streets of Punjab by Indian plain-clothes police officers, he remains unlawfully detained in India on baseless charges which carry the death penalty. This is despite strong evidence suggesting that the charges… Read More
READ OUR ANNUAL REVIEW 2022 This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces looking at some of our key achievements over the past year. In it, REDRESS Legal Advisor Julie Bardèche discusses our recent project on enforced disappearance in Africa, which resulted in the… Read More
On 25-27 October 2022, REDRESS and the Convention against Torture Initiative (CTI) held a Technical Workshop on “Improving implementation of the UN Convention against Torture: Strengthening complaints, investigations and prosecution mechanisms” in Serekunda, The Gambia. Hosted by the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Chambers of The… Read More
READ OUR ANNUAL REVIEW 2022 This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces looking at some of our key achievements over the past year. REDRESS spoke with Richard Ratcliffe following the release of his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who was kept… Read More
Four leading international human rights and medical NGOs condemn the arbitrary arrest on 27 October of Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincancı, chairperson of the Turkish Medical Association and executive committee member of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey. The organisations demand Dr. Fincancı’s immediate, unconditional release and that Turkish authorities… Read More
Read a Q&A on the EDA Guidelines REDRESS, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, MENA Rights Group, Lawyers for Justice in Libya, and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies welcome the launch today of new regional guidelines aimed at supporting African States eradicate the practice of… Read More
READ OUR ANNUAL REVIEW 2022 This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces looking at some of our key achievements over the past year. In it, REDRESS Head of Law Alejandra Vicente discusses REDRESS’s work with anti-torture NGOs around the world to further the… Read More