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.
The two applicants in this case, Saïd Bouyid (aged 17 at the time of the incidents) and Mohamed Bouyid, filed complaints in Belgium after they were both slapped by police officers while in custody on two separate occasions, the first after being arrested for failure to provide identification and…
Mustafa Avcioglu is a Turkish-British national who was arrested, detained and tortured in Turkey in 2003, over allegations he was assisting the PKK. He fled the country later that year and sought asylum in the UK. …
Asantha Aravinda is a Sri Lankan man who was beaten and arbitrarily arrested by the Sri Lankan police in2008 following a traffic accident. He was detained for several days, denied medical care and tortured. ASANTHA’S STORY On 28 February 2008, Asantha Aravinda and his friend were riding a motorbike when they almost collided with a truck, whose driver had missed…
While transiting (migrating) through Libya on his journey to Europe, after escaping from Sudan, Tariku was abducted and held captive for over a year. He was tortured and forced to work. After his release he came to the UK and, having been granted asylum, is now seeing redress for what…
In 2016, while visiting Sri Lanka to get married, Renu was abducted, detained and tortured by Sri Lankan officials. He faced fabricated charges, an unfair trial and he was kept in prison under inhumane conditions. RENU’S STORY Renu was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1981. As an ethnic Tamil,…
S.L. (a pseudonym given to her to protect her identity) is a UK national who, whilst being held in prison in Venezuela, died on 13 March 2001 following a lack of medical care for her diabetic condition. S.L.’S STORY On 8 August 2000, S.L. was sentenced to prison in Venezuela.