Credible sources in Sudan have reported that government doctors amputated a man’s right hand and left foot by court order in Khartoum on February 14, 2013, in violation of the absolute prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishments, four human rights groups said today. The African Centre for… Read More
REDRESS is pleased to welcome Dame Vivienne Westwood, Sir Nigel Rodley and Professor Manfred Nowak as Patrons. REDRESS’ Patrons play an invaluable role in raising the profile of our work on behalf of torture survivors globally by lending us their public images and helping us expand our network of friends… Read More
REDRESS and Survivors Fund welcome today’s verdict in the case of Sadi Bugingo, accused of planning and supervising the murder of about 2,000 people during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda and the first person to be tried in Norway for the Genocide. A court in Norway sentenced him to 21… Read More
REDRESS welcomes the UK’s decision to prosecute a Nepali colonel suspected of torturing two men in Nepal in 2005, during the decade-long civil war. He was arrested in East Sussex last week and subsequently charged. Colonel Kumar Lama is facing trial in the UK under the principle of universal jurisdiction. Read More
A victim of multiple rapes by Nepali soldiers today filed a landmark case with the United Nations Human Rights Committee. The case has been brought by Purna Maya (name changed to protect her privacy), after she failed to achieve justice in Nepal. She is represented by Advocacy Forum and REDRESS. Read More
Today, in a major setback for victims of the Bogoro massacre in Ituri, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Criminal Court acquitted one of the alleged masterminds behind the attack, for lack of sufficient evidence. The Prosecutor alleged that Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was the former commander of the Lendu… Read More
In a landmark judgment, Europe’s highest human rights court today held Macedonia responsible for its involvement in the secret detention, rendition and torture of a German citizen by the US Central Intelligence Agency. It is the first time that the Court has addressed a European country’s involvement in the CIA… Read More
Monday 10th December will be celebrated worldwide as International Humans Rights Day, marking the 64th Anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The day also coincides with the 20th Anniversary REDRESS, the British-based international NGO with a mandate to seek justice and reparation for torture survivors. Read More