REDRESS press release discusses the recent decision by the ECHR which further confirmed countries will not be permitted to deport those who face risk of torture upon arrival in their home nation.
Today, the UK Government admitted that the United States used Diego Garcia in its “extraordinary renditions” programme in 2002. This is a dramatic shift for the Government, which had previously said that “careful research by officials has been unable to identify any occasion since 11 September 2001, or earlier in… Read More
REDRESS press release discusses the acceptance by French Courts to hear the cases of Rwanda genocide survivors, following the acceptance of a request by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
With the third DRC war crimes suspect now at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the ICC Prosecutor has signaled that his work in Ituri is done. According to the Prosecutor, the arrest of Mathieu Ngudjolo now closes the first phase of investigations in the DRC. He is… Read More
‘If we do not adhere to the fundamental principle of the absolute prohibition of torture, then our very morals and values are threatened.’ Sir Emyr Jones Parry, GCMG, PhD, FInstP REDRESS is delighted to welcome its new Chair, Sir Emyr Jones Parry. As a British diplomat, former British Permanent Representative… Read More
Yesterday, the French Court in Paris postponed a decision on the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to try Wencelas Munyeshyaka and Laurent Bucyibaruta before French courts for their alleged participation in the Rwandan genocide in 1994. The decision was postponed to 30 January on formal grounds. Read More
REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, calls on the UK Government to raise the issue of torture in Saudi Arabia with King Abdullah during his State visit, including the torture of UK nationals. Several British men, including Ron Jones, Bill Sampson,… Read More
REDRESS, the international human rights organisation with a mandate to help torture survivors obtain justice, has this week released a new Report entitled UK ARMY IN IRAQ: Time To Come Clean On Civilian Torture, exposing serious failures in the way civilian detention was planned prior to the invasion, contributing to… Read More