We challenge torture that is used to supress activism and protest. Torture is used with impunity against human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, protesters, and activists, particularly climate and environmental defenders. This often takes the form of police brutality. As authoritarianism has risen around the globe, the use of torture to crush dissent has also increased, including through the inappropriate use of… Read More
By Isabelle Terranova, REDRESS Legal Fellow READ THE QUARTELY UPDATE Since 23 January 2024, the UK Government has imposed 16 targeted sanction packages to oppose transnational repression and democratic interference on UK soil… Read More
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By Renata Politi, REDRESS’ Legal Advisor @PolitiRenata During Nepal’s internal armed conflict, Purna Maya (not her real name) was abducted from her home, arbitrarily detained, beaten and subjected to multiple rapes by Nepalese soldiers in 2004. Similarly, Safia Ishaq Mohammed Issa, a… Read More
By Natalia Kubesch (Legal Officer) and Isabelle Terranova (Legal Fellow) Targeted sanctions remain the UK Government’s preferred tool to respond to urgent human rights crises. In the past months, it has used its sanctions powers to challenge Myanmar military-linked enterprises and infantry divisions responsible for ongoing repression… Read More
While travelling as a migrant from Ethiopia to Europe, M.T. (a pseudonym given to him to protect his identity) was trafficked, forcibly disappeared, tortured, held in… Read More
By Peace Amito, Programme Manager READ OUR 2023 ANNUAL REVIEW As part of our Solidarity programme, REDRESS has developed an initiative to enhance the reparations practice of our solidarity partners around the world and encourage better outcomes for survivors involved in strategic litigation. This initiative builds on… Read More