On 7th November 2023 the UK Government announced that it would introduce a Criminal Justice Bill, which provides an opportunity to strengthen the UK’s approach to tackling complex offences and pursue routes for repurposing illicit wealth. In this briefing, REDRESS identifies some legal and policy reforms that the UK… Read More
One year ago today, Nasta Lojka, a prominent human rights defender and one of the founders of Human Constanta, was arrested for the third time in Minsk by riot police officers. She was then questioned about her human rights work, ill-treated, and forced to record a “confession” on video. Read More
পড়ুন বাংলাদেশি ভাষায় In the run-up to next January’s general elections, human rights violations are increasing in Bangladesh. Allegations of torture and ill-treatment by the security forces are multiplying, so are cases of judicial harassment of political opponents and human rights defenders, as well as attacks on minority groups. Read More
Read it in English আগামী জানুয়ারির সাধারণ নির্বাচনের তোড়জোড়ে বাংলাদেশে মানবাধিকার লঙ্ঘনের ঘটনা বেড়েই চলেছে। পুলিশ কর্তৃক নির্যাতন ও দুর্ব্যবহারের অভিযোগ বহুগুণ বেড়ে চলেছে এবং তার সাথে বাড়ছে রাজনৈতিক প্রতিপক্ষ এবং মানবাধিকার রক্ষাকারীদের বিচারিক হয়রানির পাশাপাশি সংখ্যালঘু গোষ্ঠীর উপর হামলার ঘটনাও। এই উদ্বেগজনক প্রেক্ষাপটের মধ্যে, ইউনাইটেড এগেইনস্ট… Read More
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s “unnecessarily defensive culture” prevents the department from learning from past mistakes in addressing the mistreatment of British nationals detained abroad, concludes the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) in a critical follow-up report published today. The follow-up report comes… Read More
Read the report A new report from REDRESS and the Clooney Foundation for Justice, “Global Britain, Global Justice”, examines how the UK has faltered in its historical commitment to international justice due to a myriad of legal, practical and political challenges that have… Read More
UK law allows for the prosecution of international crimes under a principle known as ‘universal jurisdiction’. Universal jurisdiction allows the courts of any country to hold trials for crimes that ‘shock the conscience’ – including genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes – no matter where they occur. But legal… Read More
The European Court of Human Rights issued a long-awaited judgment, unanimously finding that Turkey failed to investigate the torture suffered by REDRESS client A.B. in May 2003, and awarding him 10,000 Euros in compensation. The Turkish Constitutional Court having already decided that the State’s investigation –… Read More