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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
“True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others.” – Jonathan Sacks By REDRESS’ Legal Advisor Chris Esdaile 2003, Basra, Iraq. Baha Mousa dies… Read More
Today, REDRESS has submitted its arguments on behalf of S.L. and her parents in a complaint before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, one of the two main bodies responsible for monitoring, promoting, and protecting human rights in the Americas. S.L. was a young British citizen who died… Read More
Today, REDRESS has filed a complaint with the UN Human Rights Committee on behalf of Velauthapillai Renukaruban (‘Renu’), a UK citizen who was abducted, detained and tortured by Sri Lankan officials when he visited Sri Lanka in 2016. Renu,… Read More