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On 13 July 2020, the Sudanese Government published important reforms to its laws including the Criminal Law Act 1991, the Criminal Procedure Act 1991 and the National Security Act 2010. Published originally in Arabic, and now translated unofficially into English by REDRESS, these reforms are a significant first… Read More
The UK Government must act urgently in the case of Jagtar Singh Johal, on the 1,000-day anniversary of his alleged torture and continued imprisonment in India. The anniversary on 30 July comes at a time of particularly heightened risk for Jagtar, with reports… Read More
New details have emerged about significant changes to Sudan’s laws on torture, accountability and the rule of law. A number of important legislative amendments have been published in a new issue of Sudan’s Official Gazette No. 1904 (in Arabic). … Read More
REDRESS and partners welcome the law reforms announced by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice on 11 July, which move Sudan a step closer towards eliminating structural violence against women and minorities, and complying with its human rights obligations. The reforms include the abolition of the crime… Read More
Read the joint letter REDRESS and 23 other organisations have sent a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin urging them to use the Global Magnitsky sanctions to target gross corruption… Read More
Today, the UK government announced the introduction of its new human rights sanctions regime. REDRESS welcomes this positive development towards combating torture and other serious human rights abuses. The sanctions regime empowers the UK to impose targeted sanctions on individuals and associated … Read More
We are pleased to introduce the first edition of the REDRESS Podcast, where we bring you the latest in our efforts to secure justice for survivors of torture as featured in our monthly newsletter. In this podcast, we set out our concerns for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Jagtar Singh Johal and… Read More
Donate here More than 70 countries still criminalise same-sex relations between consenting adults or certain forms of gender expression. Today we have launched a crowdfunding campaign to support survivors of LGBT+ discriminatory torture to bring legal claims, while also challenging the discriminatory laws and practices that prevent access to justice for these survivors. Survivors… Read More