By Dianne Magbanua, REDRESS’ Communication Officer As world leaders gather for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), attention turns to the High-Level Week, starting today, 22 September. At its centre is the General Debate—a platform where heads of State and government present… Read More
The UN body of experts that monitors implementation of the main global treaty on women’s rights has called on Belarus to take urgent measures to protect the rights and well-being of political prisoner Victoria Kulsha. On 25 August 2025, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called… Read More
Read the full letter Today, 22 human rights organisations and 13 individuals, including Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi, have called, in an open letter, on Iran to provide life-saving medical treatment to Zeinab Jalalian, the country’s longest-serving female political prisoner. Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish women’s… Read More
An open letter from REDRESS and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network, signed by 22 human rights organisations and 13 individuals, calls on Iran to provide urgent medical treatment to Zeinab Jalalian, the country’s longest-held female political prisoner. Zeinab Jalalian, a Kurdish women’s rights activist, was handed a death sentence in… Read More
On 8 September 2025, widespread protests erupted across Nepal, marking the most significant unrest in decades. The demonstrations were primarily youth-led, dubbed the ‘Gen Z’ movement, and included children among the participants. Demonstrators took to the streets in response to the government’s ban on 26 major social media platforms, including… Read More
This is the seventh blog in a series featuring legal representatives and experts in the field of strategic litigation against torture, discussing the strategic impact of cases catalogued in Casebook 1. In this blog post, Kiri Van Lengen-Welty, Interim Lead Lawyer of the Africa Death Penalty Team at Reprieve,… Read More
A joint statement by United Against Torture Consortium (UATC) – REDRESS, FIACAT, APT, IRCT, OMCT, Omega Research Foundation – together with AFIA MAMA and our partners from Congolese civil society, delivered to the 60th Session of the United Nations Human Rights… Read More
READ THE REPORT Sri Lanka has systematically shielded the killers of journalists over a quarter of a century, says a new report focusing on the failures of the police investigation into the October 2000 assassination of BBC Jaffna reporter, Nimalarajan Mylvaganam. At least 44 journalists and media… Read More
