Over 70 UK MPs have raised serious concerns of the detention and torture of British national Jagtar Singh Johal following India’s lack of response to an urgent appeal from three high level United Nations experts to investigate the serious allegations of torture and as new details of his alleged torture emerged for… Read More
The Government of India has failed to respond to an urgent appeal from three high level United Nations experts to investigate the serious allegations of torture in the case of Jagtar Singh Johal, as new details of his treatment emerge. Following his arrest in November last year, Jagtar, a… Read More
UPDATE: Andy arrived on 1 June 2018 to the UK, where he has been reunited with his partner Yemi and three children Andy Tsege’s release from prison in Ethiopia, following almost four years of arbitrary detention, is welcome news, says human rights group REDRESS, who brought his case to the… Read More
The Free Nazanin campaign has touched the hearts of over 1.6 million people worldwide. This May Bank Holiday, family and friends of the #FreeNazanin campaign will travel to Edinburgh to run in the Edinburgh marathon relay. They are raising funds to support REDRESS and other human rights charities who are… Read More
Statement from Rupert Skilbeck, Director of REDRESS, on the new charges presented against REDRESS’ client Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: “We are very concerned about the latest development in Nazanin’s case. To issue a new charge now against a mother who has spent the last two years unlawfully in prison is a terrible… Read More
A comparative study of the law and practice in 17 countries by Fair Trials and REDRESS calls on States and UN bodies to do more to tackle this problem In many countries around the world, authorities continue to rely on evidence obtained through torture, says a new report, ‘Tainted by… Read More
The charges presented against British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal before an Indian court today are compromised by the strong allegations that he has suffered severe torture while in the custody of the Indian police, says human rights group REDRESS. Jagtar, otherwise known as “Jaggi”, from Dumbarton, asserts that from 4… Read More
REDRESS will attend the 62nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which will take place from 25 April to the 9 May in Nouakchott, Mauritania, and will also participate in the NGO Forum preceding the session. The African Commission is Africa’s principal human rights mechanism… Read More