Today, 10 UN human rights experts have joined a growing chorus of voices calling on India to urgently release Jagtar Singh Johal, a British blogger who has been unlawfully detained in India for over eight years after being targeted for his activism. In a strongly worded statement, they warn that his… Read More
We, the undersigned international human rights organisations, strongly urge the Government of Bangladesh to enact the National Human Rights Commission Ordinance 2025 and the Enforced Disappearance Prevention and Remedy Ordinance 2025, which are set to lapse if not promptly passed by Parliament. Following the… Read More
One year after the M23 takeover of Goma, the human rights situation and the humanitarian and security context in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in North Kivu and South Kivu, remain extremely worrying. Civilians continue to be victims of serious and repeated human rights violations, mainly… Read More
UN experts and independent civil society organisations, including partners in the United Against Torture Consortium, are examining credible evidence that Iranian security forces used indiscriminate and excessive force during recent protests, violating the right to life and potentially amounting to torture and other ill-treatment. While the internet shutdown in… Read More
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and REDRESS welcome an important decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), which found that Egypt’s use of forced genital examinations (also known as “virginity tests”) on two women pro-democracy protesters in 2011 constituted degrading, inhumane and torturous… Read More
Read it in English REDRESS celebra la sentencia emitida el 15 de diciembre de 2025 por la Corte Superior Nacional de Justicia Penal Especializada del Perú, que halló culpables a tres agentes de la Policía por los delitos de tortura agravada y violación sexual agravada contra… Read More
Government and Commissioner’s Reports Exclude Key Violations The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country, 22 organizations said today. The commission has found Egypt in breach of… Read More
On 4 November 2025, during Malawi’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), numerous UN Member States urged Malawi to decriminalise consensual same-sex relations and take concrete steps to prevent, investigate, and prosecute acts of torture, ill-treatment, and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ persons. The UPR is… Read More