The armed conflict in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has caused unprecedented devastation. Rather than mitigating the magnitude of civilian harm caused by their fighting, the warring parties have each exploited the ongoing state of conflict to target civilians. This report is an abridged… Read More
READ THE REPORT (English) 30 September 2024 — The warring parties in Sudan are each exploiting the armed conflict to wage systematic campaigns of violence, including mass arbitrary detention of civilians, a new report by REDRESS, ACCESS, the Darfur Network for Human Rights, and… Read More
REDRESS and Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) have filed a complaint before a UN body on behalf of an Eritrean migrant which corroborates the serious crimes, including enslavement, enforced disappearance and torture, that migrants and refugees have been systematically subjected to in Libya. The complaint before… 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
Briefing on Military Coup Early on the morning of October 25 2021, Sudanese security forces arrested at least five civilian members of Sudan’s transitional government, including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, as well as other officials and key political leaders. The whereabouts of all detained individuals are… Read More
1 March 2021 marked 18 years of Mustafa al-Hawsawi’s detention at the hands of US forces, since he was detained by Pakistani agents and transferred into the custody of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 2003. Mustafa was tortured and detained in secret CIA black sites as part of… Read More