REDRESS currently has over one hundred active cases in more than 40 countries encompassing all regions of the world. Given the sensitivity of the information, we are only able to highlight information which is in the public domain.
Aleksey Mikheyev, a Russian traffic police officer, was detained and tortured by police in September 1998 during a murder inquiry. CASE BACKGROUND In September 1998, traffic-police officer Aleksey Mikheyev was detained in Nizhniy Novgorod during a…
Six nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ms Munira Mujkanović, Ms Asima Memić, Mr Vehidin Elezović, Mr Muharem Elezović, Ms Naila Bajrić and Ms…
Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa (Mr Nampa) challenged the routine use of physical restraints in Thai court proceedings after he was compelled to appear in leg shackles during his sentencing hearing. The case raises concerns about cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and the right to a fair trial…
Turkish human rights defender Osman Kavala alleges before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that his continued detention – in defiance of two ECtHR judgments finding his detention to be arbitrary and politically motivated and ordering his immediate release – violated his rights under the European Convention on…
Laurent Theron claimed before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) that the use of…
Iraqi nationals Faisal Attiyah Nassar Khalaf Hussain Al-Saadoon and Khalef Hussain Mufdhi alleged before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)…
