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.
Purna Maya (name changed to protect her privacy) is a Nepalese woman who was raped by four soldiers in 2004 during Nepal’s internal armed conflict. She suffered grave physical injuries as well as severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. PURNA MAYA’S STORY Purna Maya ran a tea shop. Over a…
Oleg Gennadyevich Sentsov is a Ukrainian filmmaker who is serving a twenty-year prison sentence in Russian correctional facilities. He alleges that his conviction was based on evidence obtained by torture. OLEG’S STORY Born in 1976, Ukrainian national Oleg Sentsov is a filmmaker and writer from Crimea. He actively opposed the…
Samuel and Henri were caught up in the failed military coup of August 1982 while serving in the Kenyan Armed Forces (KAF). Fearing for their lives, they sought refuge in Tanzania. They were subsequently detained, forcefully repatriated, tortured and harassed. They seek declarations and damages from the KAF and the…
Ali Aarrass is a dual Belgian-Moroccan national who was extradited from Spain to Morocco in 2010, despite the UN Human Rights Committee having issued an interim measure to halt the extradition given the serious risk…
Héctor Casique was a Mexican national who was detained between March 2013 and September 2016, falsely accused of murder, and tortured. He was cleared of all charges but murdered after his release from prison. HECTOR’S STORY Héctor was born on 14 February 1986 in Mexico. He was arrested on 16…
Ebenezer Akwanga is a Cameroonian national who was arrested in 1997 in relation to his political activism. He was held for six years and was tortured. He now lives in the United States. EBENEZER’S STORY Ebenezer Akwanga was born in Cameroon in 1970. He became a political activist, campaigning peacefully…