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In the light of reports of a possible outbreak of coronavirus in Evin Prison, and fears that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may have contracted the virus, REDRESS reiterates Iran’s legal obligations to provide Nazanin and all other detainees with appropriate and timely medical treatment. Iranian law states that medical treatment is… Read More

Today marks the 17th anniversary of Mustafa Al-Hawsawi’s detention in Pakistan and handover to US forces, which subjected him to torture and held him in secret detention as part of a CIA programme which operated several ‘black sites’ in Europe. Detailed analysis of publicly available evidence on the CIA programme… Read More

REDRESS and four other human rights organisations have submitted their arguments on behalf of Mariam Yahia Ibraheem and her family in a complaint against Sudan pending before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. Mariam, a devout Christian, was sentenced to death for apostasy and corporal punishment of 100… Read More

Today’s announcement by Sudan’s transitional authorities that they will hand over officials wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is a major step towards confronting the longstanding impunity for human rights abuses under former president Omar al-Bashir. It also brings victims in Darfur closer to receiving justice for… Read More

Child sexual abuse by peacekeepers usually goes unpunished and few victims secure reparations, according to new research by human rights organisations REDRESS and the Child Rights International Network.  The joint report, Litigating Peacekeeper Child Sexual Abuse, examines the success of litigation in pursuing justice for… Read More

On any given day, over 3,000 people who have not been convicted of any crime are held in pre-trial detention in the Netherlands. Some will suffer violence while in detention and awaiting their trial. As part of a project that Redress is conducting with Fair Trials and other partners, we… Read More

The UK has revised its War Crimes/Crimes Against Humanity Referral Guidelines, which set out the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service’s policy on determining whether to investigate referrals of torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The updated guidelines can be found on the… Read More

متوفر باللغة العربية At a critical juncture in Sudan’s history, a new report from the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and REDRESS, A Way Forward? Anti-torture reforms in Sudan in the Post-Bashir era identifies priorities for change and key reforms to end the… Read More