Leopoldo García Lucero was subjected to torture and forced exile under the Pinochet regime in Chile in the 1970s. LEOPOLDO’S STORY On 11 September 1973, General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the democratically elected President Salvador Allende in a military coup in Chile. Leopoldo García Lucero, an Allende supporter, was arrested shortly… Read More
Djamel Ktiti is a French national who was arrested twice on the basis of an INTERPOL Red Notice - first in Spain, then in Morocco – and held in provisional detention for extended periods of time in these countries.
Magdulein Abaida is a Libyan women’s rights activist who had to flee Libya in 2012, after being subjected to ill-treatment and death threats as a result of her human rights work.
Eight young people from Manau (Bardiya District), Nepal, including Chillu Tharu, Kamala Tharu, Dhaniram Tharu, Lauti Tharu, Moham Tharu, Prem Prakash Tharu, Soniram Tharu and Radhulal Tharu disappeared from their village in 2002.
Mustafa al-Hawsawi was captured in Pakistan in 2003, and thereafter he was transferred into the custody of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and was held in secret detention in a number of black sites where he was subjected to torture. The USA did not officially acknowledge his detention until 2006.
Mr Y (a pseudonym given to protect Mr Y from reprisals) was arbitrarily arrested in Libya in 2013 and has been kept detained ever since.
Samira Ibrahim and Rasha Abdel-Rahman were arrested for taking part in a mass protest during the Egyptian popular revolution in 2011. They were detained by Egyptian military officials, beaten, and subjected to electroshocks and forced genital examinations without explanation.
REDRESS is delighted to announce that Rupert Skilbeck, Litigation Director at Open Society Justice Initiative, is to become its new director, effective 1 February 2018. Rupert will succeed Dr Carla Ferstman, who has been with REDRESS for the past 17 years and has been its Director since 2004. Rupert comes… Read More