One of the main UN bodies that monitor States’ compliance with their human rights obligations has found the Uzbek Government responsible for the torture and ill-treatment of Mutabar Tadjibayeva, a well-known human rights defender. Ms Tadjibayevawas incarcerated for her human rights activities in 2005-2008 and has been living in exile… Read More
REDRESS has worked with a number of expatriate women in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), some of whom have experienced discrimination and severe ill-treatment under the UAE legal system. Our submission to the 62nd Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) addresses several areas of UAE’s… Read More
Today, a district court in Szczytno, Poland, rejected an appeal by REDRESS which had sought to overturn a decision by the Appellate Prosecutor’s Office in Kraków not to open an investigation into the alleged human rights violations committed against a victim of CIA rendition in Poland. REDRESS had argued that… Read More
REDRESS submitted written evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Sexual Violence in Conflict. The Committee is looking into the UK’s practice and policy concerning prevention of sexual violence in conflict. The submission emphasises victims’ needs of holistic support services. It also calls for the investigation and prosecution… Read More
Electric shocks, beatings on the soles of the feet, stress positions during incommunicado detention: those who allow this type of torture can and must be held criminally liable – even abroad. Bahrain-born British citizen Jaafar Al-Hasabi has submitted a criminal complaint to the prosecuting authorities in Berne (Switzerland) against Bahraini… Read More
Today, the High Court of Kenya is due to hear for the first time the case of a businesswoman and mother of three from the United Arab Emirates who, after apparently being mistaken to be an Al-Qaeda operative, was kidnapped and then rendered to Somalia and Ethiopia by Kenyan counter-terrorism… Read More
Last week, the anti-torture organisation REDRESS, through attorney Ingrida Botyrienne, filed a request with the Lithuanian Prosecutor to grant Mustafa Al-Hawsawi victim status so that he can participate in the ongoing investigation regarding the CIA rendition, detention and interrogation programme in Lithuania. This request was filed on 26 August. Read More
REDRESS’ submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Sudan focuses on developments since 2011, and the urgent need to carry out thorough reforms of Sudan’s legal and institutional framework and practice to ensure the effective prohibition of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This submission is based on our extensive work… Read More
