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While travelling as a migrant from Ethiopia to Europe, M.T. (a pseudonym given to him to protect his identity) was trafficked, forcibly disappeared, tortured, held in… Read More

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Against Torture Consortium, of which REDRESS is a member, has committed to the following pledges to strengthen and expand the anti-torture movement and its impact on the eradication of torture and other forms of ill-treatment. Read More

On Tuesday 19 July, REDRESS Director Rupert Skilbeck and barrister Tatyana Eatwell gave oral evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons for their Inquiry into the Handling of State Hostage Situations. REDRESS has acted as legal representatives for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was held hostage in Iran… Read More

Khaled El-Masri is a German national of Lebanese origin. Accused of being a member of Al-Qaida, he was arrested by Macedonian agents who handed him over to a CIA team, who then detained… Read More

Magnus Gäfgen is a German national who kidnapped and killed an 11-year-old child. During questioning, and allegedly to try to save the… Read More

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… Read More