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By Christine Kirabo, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Lire en français Leer en español Читати українською This article is part of the Sudan edition of our Just Reparation… Read More
By Ikhlass Ahmed, SIHA Network Lire en français Leer en español Читати українською This article is part of the… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the news that Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, a prominent economist and environmental human rights defender, arrived in Germany on 29 September, where he can finally access the urgent medical treatment he was denied throughout his nine months in prison and more than two years under house arrest in… Read More
In July 2026, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the revised EU Victims’ Rights Directive, a key piece of EU legislation providing for the minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime. The revised Article 9(3)(b) of the Directive expressly included, for… Read More
By Reesey Du Pont, Legal Fellow REDRESS and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) submitted a joint complaint to the UN Human Rights Council concerning the treatment of Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, India. The complaint was developed in close collaboration with Indian experts… Read More
Today, after almost nine years in arbitrary detention, our client Jagtar Singh Johal was finally granted bail in all the remaining cases against him. Jagtar is a British human rights activist from Dumbarton, Scotland, who was targeted for his activism, according to UN experts. … Read More
Members of the United Against Torture Consortium, REDRESS and OMCT, will participate in an international human rights observation mission in Barcelona to monitor the trial, which begins today, concerning the serious injuries suffered by demonstrator Roger Español during the 2017 Catalan referendum. Español lost his sight in one… Read More
By Reesey Du Pont Over the past decade, the international community has seen a steady rise in the practice of State hostage-taking, whereby State actors detain civilians for diplomatic leverage. Those subject to State hostage-taking often… Read More