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REDRESS today condemns the decision to hand the stalled official inquiry into rendition and torture to the Intelligence and Security Committee. “Today’s decision is an affront to justice and accountability for allegations which are as shocking today as they were when they first emerged” said Carla Ferstman, Director of REDRESS. Read More
REDRESS welcomes the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s release of a report that upholds the complaint of a rape victim and calls for changes in the way consular officers deal with cases of violence against British citizens overseas. The victim – Ms M, a British aid worker – was raped by a military… Read More
The UK Government should make securing an invitation for the Special Rapporteur on Torture to visit Bahrain a priority in its discussions with that state, the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) said in a report released today after a year-long inquiry into the UK’s relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. Read More
In a landmark judgment, the Americas’ highest human rights court has upheld the right to justice and to reparation for exiled torture survivors from the Pinochet-era. It is the first time the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has decided the case of a living survivor of human rights… Read More
En un importante fallo, la corte en materia de derechos humanos más alta de las Américas ha ratificado el derecho a la justicia y a la reparación para los sobrevivientes de tortura exiliados durante el régimen de Pinochet. Esta la primera vez que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos… Read More
The UK government should take any necessary steps to ensure progress with an inquiry into allegations of UK complicity in the abuse of detainees after 9/11, an influential parliamentary committee said in a report today. This echoes REDRESS’ concerns, which were laid out in a written submission to the Foreign… Read More
The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Lithuania to carry out a criminal investigation into allegations that Guantánamo detainee Mustafa al-Hawsawi was held in secret detention in the country. The call comes only two weeks after the Lithuanian Prosecutor’s office issued a decision refusing to open an investigation… Read More
La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, la más alta en la materia en las Américas, consideró recientemente y por primera vez en su historia, el caso de un sobreviviente de violaciones a los derechos humanos de la dictadura de Pinochet, el primer caso de una víctima de exilio y tortura… Read More