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.
Andargachew “Andy” Tsege, UK citizen and father of three from London, was abducted under the orders of the Ethiopian authorities on 23 June 2014. He has remained in prison on death row in Ethiopia ever since.
Essam Atta was an Egyptian civilian who was arbitrarily detained, tried and sentenced by a military court. He was tortured to death in prison by Egyptian authorities in 2011.
Kamilya Mohammedi Tuweni was kidnapped by Kenyan counter-terrorism forces in 2007 after being mistaken for an Al-Qaeda operative. She was kept in secret detention in four different East African countries for more than two months, threatened with rape and beaten. KAMILYA’S STORY On 7 January 2007, Kamilya Mohammedi Tuweni travelled…
Samira Ibrahim and Rasha Abdel-Rahman were arrested for taking part in a mass protest during the Egyptian popular revolution in 2011. They were detained by Egyptian military officials, beaten, and subjected to electroshocks and forced genital examinations without explanation.
THE CASE Hissène Habré, former president of Chad, presided over a reign of terror in Chad from 1982 to 1990, during which time widespread human rights violations were committed, including enforced disappearances, torture, arbitrary detentions, and sexual violence. On 22 August 2012 Senegal and the African Union…
This case relates to human rights violations committed by the former Government of Sudan, arising from hostilities in South Kordofan and Blue Nile in 2011 and involving the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied forces, as well as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North. THE STORY In this case, we alleged that in 2011, the SAF and allied militia groups under the then-Government…