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Flawed torture inquiry scrapped: need remains to establish truth of UK complicity in torture
Today, Kenneth Clarke, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, announced the close of the ill-fated Detainee Inquiry, established in response to allegations of UK complicity in the torture and ill-treatment of detainees held by foreign intelligence agencies. The reason given for the closure of the Inquiry is the commencement of new… Read More
Updated Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Implementation of its Views in the Philippines
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European Court of Human Rights finds in favour of UK/Turkish dual national tortured in Greece
ECtHR Press Release Today the European Court of Human Rights found that Greek coastguard officials tortured Necati Zontul when he was raped in detention at the port of Chania, Crete, in 2001 and ordered Greece to pay 50,000 euro (£45,000) in compensation. The judgment in Necati Zontul v. Read More
Open letter to the Prime Minister concerning the Detainee Inquiry
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Submission to UK Ministry of Justice on “Justice and Security” Green Paper
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International human rights experts call for key changes to the detainee inquiry as Abdul Hakim Belhadj joins list of survivors refusing to participate
The government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism today as seventeen distinguished international human rights experts publish an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron stating that “the powers currently given to the Inquiry are seriously deficient and that it will be unable to properly fulfil the UK’s human rights… Read More
Submission to the Human Rights Committee on Implementation of its Views in the Philippines
REDRESS made a submission to the UNHRC regarding the Philippines 'implementation of 12 individual communications.
