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This brochure provides information about REDRESS, its mission, objectives, values, areas of work, achievements, and the countries it works in. It also features a number of REDRESS’ key cases. Read More

REDRESS has filed a third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Ali Aarrass, who was deported from Spain to Morocco and tortured there. Ali Aarrass, a Belgiam-Moroccan national, was forcibly returned by Spain to Morocco on 14 December 2010, despite warnings from the UN… Read More

Ali Aarrass is a dual Belgian-Moroccan national who was extradited from Spain to Morocco in 2010, despite the UN Human Rights Committee having issued an interim measure to halt the extradition given the serious risk… Read More

Héctor Casique was a Mexican national who was detained between March 2013 and September 2016, falsely accused of murder, and tortured. He was cleared of all charges but murdered after his release from prison. HECTOR’S STORY Héctor was born on 14 February 1986 in Mexico. He was arrested on 16… Read More

Ebenezer Akwanga is a Cameroonian national who was arrested in 1997 in relation to his political activism. He was held for six years and was tortured. He now lives in the United States. EBENEZER’S STORY Ebenezer Akwanga was born in Cameroon in 1970. He became a political activist, campaigning peacefully… Read More

Albert Wilson is a UK national who was arrested in The Philippines in 1996, convicted on fabricated charges, and held on death row in very difficult conditions. He was released in December 1999 and returned to the UK. ALBERT’S STORY Albert Wilson is a British national who first went to… Read More

Nick Tuffney is a UK national who was detained between May 2013 and September 2014 in Panama, and suffered cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. Charges against him were dropped and he was deported back to the UK. NICK’S STORY Between May 2013 and September 2014, Nick, a United Kingdom and… Read More

REDRESS is seeking evidence from civil society organisations in England and Wales for a joint shadow report on the measures taken by the UK Government to prevent torture and ill-treatment.