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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

REDRESS welcomes the recent news that Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”) is in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after surrendering himself voluntarily in the Central African Republic. Ali Kushayb is the subject of an ICC arrest warrant dated on 27 April 2007, charged with 50 counts… Read More

On the eve of the first anniversary of Khartoum massacre on 3 June 2019, REDRESS has written to Sudan’s Attorney-General and UN experts to highlight the need that measures adopted to protect against Covid-19 in prisons should not lead to impunity for serious human rights violations. REDRESS has urged… Read More

Four years after Hissène Habré’s conviction, African Union and Chad fail victims The victims of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré have yet to receive any reparations four years after his historic atrocity conviction in Senegal, human rights advocates said today. On May 30, 2016, Habré was convicted of crimes… Read More