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The more than 5,000 victims who participated in the trial against Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo and the many others who continue to suffer as a result of the MLC’s crimes in the Central African Republic must not be forgotten after his acquittal today by the ICC Appeals Chamber. Between October… Read More

UPDATE: Andy arrived on 1 June 2018 to the UK, where he has been reunited with his partner Yemi and three children Andy Tsege’s release from prison in Ethiopia, following almost four years of arbitrary detention, is welcome news, says human rights group REDRESS, who brought his case to the… Read More

The Free Nazanin campaign has touched the hearts of over 1.6 million people worldwide. This May Bank Holiday, family and friends of the #FreeNazanin campaign will travel to Edinburgh to run in the Edinburgh marathon relay. They are raising funds to support REDRESS and other human rights charities who are… Read More

Statement from Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS, on the new charges presented against REDRESS’ client Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: “We are very concerned about the latest development in Nazanin’s case. To issue a new charge now against a mother who has spent the last two years unlawfully in prison is a terrible… Read More

Upcoming changes to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mean that you have more control over how your personal contact details are used. This also means that we need you to tell us what information you want to keep receiving from us, so we can make sure that… Read More

A comparative study of the law and practice in 17 countries by Fair Trials and REDRESS calls on States and UN bodies to do more to tackle this problem In many countries around the world, authorities continue to rely on evidence obtained through torture, says a new report, ‘Tainted by… Read More

By Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS Human rights litigation can be used on behalf of an individual survivor of torture to hold governments to account before national courts, the regional human rights systems, and the UN Treaty Bodies. Criminal law can be used to punish individual perpetrators for torture on… Read More

The charges presented against British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal before an Indian court today are compromised by the strong allegations that he has suffered severe torture while in the custody of the Indian police, says human rights group REDRESS. Jagtar, otherwise known as “Jaggi”, from Dumbarton, asserts that from 4… Read More