Zeinab Jalalian is a Kurdish women’s rights activist who was sentenced to death for “enmity against God” (moharebeh) by an Iranian court in 2008 in an unfair trial that lasted a few minutes. Her death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 2011 and she is currently serving a life… Read More
REDRESS is seeking applications from recent graduates and students with experience of e-learning platforms and training tools. REDRESS works to ensure that international standards relating to the prohibition of torture and reparation for survivors of torture and related international crimes are applied at the national level. Part of this work… Read More
3 April 2018 Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL Join AL MURRAY, SARA PASCOE, MARK STEEL and SHAPPI KHORSANDI and more great acts for “One Night of Freedom” — a night of spectacular standup comedy to show solidarity with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on the second anniversary of her detention… Read More
REDRESS files submission on behalf of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as new hopes for her release are dashed and conditions worsen for a number of dual nationals in Iran REDRESS has called on the United Nations expert on torture to urgently intervene in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, highlighting in a submission… Read More
Lire en Français The African Union’s adoption of the Trust Fund Statute for victims of Hissène Habré’s crimes is a major step towards justice, four human rights groups said today. The Trust Fund will now be able to start collecting and disbursing reparations for victims of… Read More
(Addis Ababa, Éthiopie, le 7 février 2018) – L’adoption par l’Union africaine d’un Statut pour le Fonds fiduciaire au profit des victimes des crimes d’Hissène Habré marque un développement important en faveur de la justice. Le Fonds sera désormais en mesure de commencer à collecter et débourser les réparations dues… Read More
REDRESS releases findings of new report, Beyond Discretion: The protection of British nationals abroad from torture and ill-treatment REDRESS has today published a report, Beyond Discretion: The protection of British nationals abroad from torture and ill-treatment, which takes a closer look at the experiences of several British nationals… Read More
The report, ‘Beyond Discretion: The Protection of British Nationals Abroad,’ reviews the experiences of several UK nationals with regards to the provision of consular assistance and diplomatic protection. In the UK, both consular assistance and diplomatic protection are not enshrined in UK law but are regulated instead as a matter of… Read More
