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The case of Mutua and Others v The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will commence at 10:30am on Thursday 7 April at the Royal Courts of Justice. The hearing is before Mr Justice McCombe and is due to last 8-10 days. The case involves allegations of torture and other ill-treatment committed by… Read More

The families of eight youths from Manau, Bardiya District who were taken away by the security forces in April 2002 submitted an individual communication to the United Nations Human Rights Committee with the help of Advocacy Forum-Nepal and the REDRESS Trust. Under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on… Read More

REDRESS, the legal charity that fights for the rights of victims of torture and violence, is delighted by today’s announcement that it has been chosen to receive the prestigious MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. The organisation is to receive a $500,000 grant from the American philanthropic… Read More

The UK Government’s decision to pay compensation to 16 men held by US forces at Guantanamo Bay should not limit scrutiny of possible UK complicity in the alleged mistreatment and torture of individuals detained during security activities post 9/11, REDRESS said today. On the contrary, the settlement underscores the imperative for a full… Read More

African Rights, the REDRESS Trust and the Collectif des Parties Civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR) welcome the decision of the French Government to arrest Callixte Mbarushimana,the Executive Secretary of the Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), in Paris yesterday, in response to an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal… Read More

lire en français Victims express relief at decision to resume first war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court REDRESS welcomes today’s judgment from the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) lifting the stay of proceedings in the trial against Mr. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. He is allegedly responsible for… Read More

The European Court of Human Rights’ decision in this case became final – the Court determined that the UK Government breached the European Convention when UK army officials in Basra transferred two Iraqis, Faisal Al Saadoon and Khalaf Mufdhi to Iraqi custody where they faced a real risk of death by hanging. The… Read More

The Rt. Hon. Sir Peter Gibson c/o Ripley Building 26 Whitehall London SW1A 2WH United Kingdom 08 September 2010 Dear Sir Peter Following the announcement by Prime Minister David Cameron on 6 July of an inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in the mistreatment of… Read More