“We welcome the correction issued by the Foreign Secretary today and his clarification that Nazanin was purely on holiday in Iran when she was arrested. There is no basis to justify her arrest or continued imprisonment and the extreme pain and suffering she has been subjected to either under Iranian or international law,… Read More
This case concerns serious human rights violations suffered by four journalists in The Gambia, including torture, persecution, unlawful arrest and detention.
Eight individuals, two male and six females, who were subjected to sexual violence during the post-election violence in Kenya in 2007/2008 are seeking justice and reparation before the High Court of Kenya.
Essam Atta was an Egyptian civilian who was arbitrarily detained, tried and sentenced by a military court. He was tortured to death in prison by Egyptian authorities in 2011.
Kamilya Mohammedi Tuweni was kidnapped by Kenyan counter-terrorism forces in 2007 after being mistaken for an Al-Qaeda operative. She was kept in secret detention in four different East African countries for more than two months, threatened with rape and beaten. KAMILYA’S STORY On 7 January 2007, Kamilya Mohammedi Tuweni travelled… Read More
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.
