Statement from Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS, on the new charges presented against REDRESS’ client Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: “We are very concerned about the latest development in Nazanin’s case. To issue a new charge now against a mother who has spent the last two years unlawfully in prison is a terrible… Read More
Upcoming changes to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mean that you have more control over how your personal contact details are used. This also means that we need you to tell us what information you want to keep receiving from us, so we can make sure that… Read More
This report, written by REDRESS and Fair Trials, reveals that state authorities continue to rely routinely on evidence obtained through torture in criminal cases by looking at the law and practice in 17 countries from Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Americas. Read More
A comparative study of the law and practice in 17 countries by Fair Trials and REDRESS calls on States and UN bodies to do more to tackle this problem In many countries around the world, authorities continue to rely on evidence obtained through torture, says a new report, ‘Tainted by… Read More
By Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS Human rights litigation can be used on behalf of an individual survivor of torture to hold governments to account before national courts, the regional human rights systems, and the UN Treaty Bodies. Criminal law can be used to punish individual perpetrators for torture on… Read More
Olivier is a Mexican journalist who was arbitrarily detained and tortured by police officers in 2006. He spent two years in prison for a crime he did not commit, lost his home and possessions, has been separated from his family and now lives in exile in the United Kingdom. OLIVIER’S… Read More
The charges presented against British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal before an Indian court today are compromised by the strong allegations that he has suffered severe torture while in the custody of the Indian police, says human rights group REDRESS. Jagtar, otherwise known as “Jaggi”, from Dumbarton, asserts that from 4… Read More
On 15th May, Fair Trials and REDRESS are holding a panel event to launch their new report ‘Tainted by Torture’, which examines the legal regimes in place to exclude evidence obtained by torture, and reveals how some of these regimes are failing to operate in reality. International law prohibits the use… Read More
