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The government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism today as seventeen distinguished international human rights experts publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron stating that “the powers currently given to the Inquiry are seriously deficient and that it will be unable to properly fulfil the UK’s human rights… Read More

REDRESS today calls on the public and Parliament to back new legislation allowing residents tortured abroad to bring a claim for compensation in the UK against the individuals and governments responsible. REDRESS is delighted that Lord Archer of Sandwell QC has chosen to re-introduce his important Torture… Read More

Avis aux médias: Lettre ouverte au Garde des Sceaux et au Ministre de l’Intérieur Lettre ouverte au Garde des Sceaux et au Ministre de l’Intérieur Monsieur Michel Mercier Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice et des Libertés 13, place Vendôme 75001 Paris Monsieur Claude… Read More

The Iraq Historical Allegations Team (IHAT) which the UK Government set up last year to investigate allegations that more than 120 Iraqi civilians were abused by British soldiers lacks the requisite independence, the Court of Appeal said today, giving judgment in the case of Ali Zaki Mousa and Others v The Secretary… Read More

leer en español Leading LGTB organisations from Peru will testify in a special hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington D.C. on  Friday 28 October, to present evidence about the discrimination and violence that lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in the Americas continue to suffer. The… Read More

The film – available in English and Kinyarwanda – includes exclusive images inside the court. REDRESS’ work to promote justice and the legal rights of victims of torture is highlighted in the new documentary film of award-winning producer and journalist Fiona Lloyd-Davies. The Appeal of Joseph M focuses on the Rwandan… Read More

Today the public inquiry into the death of Baha Mousa, a Basra hotel worker who died of injuries he sustained in British custody in Iraq in 2003, issued its concluding report. The report confirms that British soldiers inflicted “violent and cowardly” assaults on Iraqi civilians, and that Mousa died after suffering “gratuitous violence”. Read More

Report A draconian legislation like the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 and the concept of democracy do not go together. While democracy nurtures values of justice, equality and fraternity, laws like the AFSPA are synonymous with injustice, discrimination and hatred. A report that analyses the legislation’s complete… Read More