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Nobel Prize nominee and human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva files key complaint against Uzbek government for forcible sterilisation and torture

Nobel Prize nominee and human rights defender Mutabar Tadjibayeva files key complaint against Uzbek government for forcible sterilisation and torture

Mutabar Tadjibayeva, one of Uzbekistan’s best known human rights defenders, has filed an important complaint against Uzbekistan for her brutal torture and forced sterilisation when she was serving an eight-year prison sentence for her human rights activities in 2005-2008. International human rights organisations FIDH and REDRESS recently filed the complaint… Read More

REDRESS welcomes UK prosecution of Nepali torture suspect

REDRESS welcomes UK prosecution of Nepali torture suspect

REDRESS welcomes the UK’s decision to prosecute a Nepali colonel suspected of torturing two men in Nepal in 2005, during the decade-long civil war. He was arrested in East Sussex last week and subsequently charged. Colonel Kumar Lama is facing trial in the UK under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Read More

Nepal: landmark conflict era rape case filed with UN

A victim of multiple rapes by Nepali soldiers today filed a landmark case with the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The case has been brought by Purna Maya (name changed to protect her privacy), after she failed to achieve justice in Nepal. She is represented by Advocacy Forum and REDRESS. Read More

ICC verdict raises questions about quality of prosecutions

Today, in a major setback for victims of the Bogoro massacre in Ituri, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Criminal Court acquitted one of the alleged masterminds behind the attack, for lack of sufficient evidence. The Prosecutor alleged that Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was the former commander of the Lendu… Read More