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Today, REDRESS has submitted evidence to an inquiry into the effectiveness of the UK’s approach to prevent atrocity crimes inside and outside of conflicts. The inquiry is carried out by the International Development Committee, which is responsible for scrutinising UK aid and official development assistance by other UK government departments. Read More

The Human Rights Committee, a UN body which examines human rights complaints, has found Sri Lanka responsible for the arbitrary arrest and torture of Asantha Aravinda by the Sri Lankan police in 2008.   REDRESS and Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), who brought the case before the Committee in 2011, welcome the decision issued on 24 November 2021. … Read More

More than 30 organisations from around the globe, including REDRESS, unite to protect human rights defenders. The protocol is endorsed by a number of UN experts and former rapporteurs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. The initiative is led by the Center for Justice and International Law – CEJIL. Read More

Today, the Christians have launched their new single Naz Don’t Cry, recorded together with Richard and Gabriella Ratcliffe, with download proceeds going to support REDRESS and the work that we have done to seek Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s freedom since 2016. Naz Don’t Cry is a rework of Man Don’t Cry, a… Read More

During a Westminster Hall debate today, a cross-party group of MPs has, for the first time, named several actors whom it said must be subjected to human rights sanctions. The MPs, led by Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP and Chris Bryant MP, co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Magnitsky Sanctions, discussed the genocide of the Uyghurs in China; the state hostage-taking of individuals including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran; the kidnap and torture of the subject of the film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina; and the violent military coup in Sudan. Read More

Enforced disappearance is a crime that thrives in contexts where there is a lack of public scrutiny of the government and its actions. Because of this, the media has a vital role to play in eradicating the use of enforced disappearance, a particularly cruel human rights abuse that is prevalent… Read More

Full Briefing ACTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ALLIES OF SUDAN Call on the Sudanese military to immediately end the arbitrary detention of all detained political leaders, journalists, and human rights activists, and refrain from torture and other forms of violence against protestors. Establish an independent UN fact-finding mission to… Read More

Full Briefing ACTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ALLIES OF SUDAN Call on the Sudanese military to immediately end the arbitrary detention of all detained political leaders, journalists, and human rights activists, and refrain from torture and other forms of violence against protestors. Impose targeted sanctions on those responsible for… Read More