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REDRESS seeks victim status in Lithuania for victim of CIA rendition

REDRESS seeks victim status in Lithuania for victim of CIA rendition

Last week, the anti-torture organisation REDRESS, through attorney Ingrida Botyrienne, filed a request with the Lithuanian Prosecutor to grant Mustafa Al-Hawsawi victim status so that he can participate in the ongoing investigation regarding the CIA rendition, detention and interrogation programme in Lithuania. This request was filed on 26 August. Read More

Stopping torture: A global call to end torture

Stopping torture: A global call to end torture

(Kathmandu, Lima, London, Nairobi) – In 1987, the nations of the world took a major step towards the universal prohibition of torture. The UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the Convention) came into force, establishing a set of concrete steps States must take… Read More

LFJL and REDRESS release their analysis of Libya’s draft constitutional recommendations on torture and ill-treatment

LFJL and REDRESS release their analysis of Libya’s draft constitutional recommendations on torture and ill-treatment

قراءة باللغة العربية In response to the publication of the draft constitutional recommendations from Libya’s Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA),[1] Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) and REDRESS have prepared a detailed legal commentary. The commentary analyses and assesses the effectiveness of the proposed provisions in enshrining… Read More