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European Court Orders Immediate Release of Osman Kavala in Türkiye, Finding Systemic Misuse of the Judicial System to Silence Dissent

European Court Orders Immediate Release of Osman Kavala in Türkiye, Finding Systemic Misuse of the Judicial System to Silence Dissent

REDRESS welcomes the Grand Chamber’s judgment in Kavala v. Türkiye (No. 2) finding that Türkiye’s continued detention of Osman Kavala, a prominent Turkish philanthropist and political activist, despite two European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgements ordering his release, violated multiple rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), including Article 3 (the… Read More

Tanzania’s 4th Universal Periodic Review

Civil Society Submissions to the UN Human Rights Council Tanzania is preparing for its 4th Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council during the 53rd Session of… Read More

Our Proposals to Protect the Torture Ban

Our Proposals to Protect the Torture Ban

In recent years the UK has chipped away at the framework designed to prevent torture, dropping its anti-torture strategy and introducing laws that put survivors of torture at risk or make it harder to hold those responsible for torture to account. These proposals are… Read More

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Lithuania’s Universal Periodic Review: Submission on Lithuania’s Complicity in the Torture and Ill-treatment of CIA Detainees Secretly Held in its Territory

Lithuania’s Universal Periodic Review: Submission on Lithuania’s Complicity in the Torture and Ill-treatment of CIA Detainees Secretly Held in its Territory

On 17 July 2026, REDRESS made a submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Lithuania.  The contribution focuses on the lack of effective investigation into Lithuania’s complicity in, and facilitation of, the United States’ (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s Rendition, Detention and Interrogation (RDI) Program.  Detailed… Read More