The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s “unnecessarily defensive culture” prevents the department from learning from past mistakes in addressing the mistreatment of British nationals detained abroad, concludes the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) in a critical follow-up report published today. The follow-up report comes… Read More
**News update: The eight protestors were acquitted by the court on 6 March 2023. We will be updating our press release as more information becomes available. ** متوفر باللغة العربية REDRESS, the Missing Initiative, and the Sudanese Defenders Centre for Legal Aid have appealed… Read More
Download Briefing متوفر باللغة العربية In a briefing published today, REDRESS, the People’s Legal Aid Centre (PLACE), the Darfur Bar Association, and the Emergency Lawyers Group outline patterns of arrests and detentions conducted under Sudan’s emergency laws. Drawing on… Read More
REDRESS is aware of unconfirmed media reports of progress in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case, including that the UK has paid a £400m debt that it owes Iran, which has been consistently given by Iranian authorities as the reason for her detention. REDRESS notes that… Read More
The Free Nazanin campaign and REDRESS, supported by victims of hostage-taking in Iran, have submitted a dossier to the new UK Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, asking her to impose Magnitsky sanctions on ten Iranian officials involved in Iran’s hostage-taking. Human rights (Magnitsky) sanctions, which were first introduced… Read More
Press Release Following the latest breakdown of diplomatic negotiations with Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s legal team has asked the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to intervene urgently and engage both the UK and Iran on securing her release. The request comes in anticipation of Nazanin’s appeal for… Read More
Today, REDRESS has written to UN experts requesting them to issue a public statement in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, following the conclusion of her second trial on Sunday. The request was made in collaboration with Dr Tatyana Eatwell, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, who has provided pro-bono legal… Read More
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may face more time in prison or under house arrest in Iran. Following the removal of her ankle tag when she completed her five-year sentence for her first case last Sunday, Nazanin was required to attend court for… Read More