REDRESS Bulletin: Eight Edition
As REDRESS prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, this bulletin highlights some of our success stories in the last four months… Read More
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UN Expert Urged to Address Ongoing Extrajudicial Executions in Sudan
Today, the Sudan Human Rights Monitor, REDRESS, and the SOAS Centre for Human Rights Law have written to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, urging him to intervene in Sudan in relation to the ongoing use of lethal force against protestors. The submission… Read More
On the European Day for Victims of Crime, REDRESS Stands in Solidarity with Victims
On this European Day for Victims of Crime, Victim Support Europe and signatories of this statement stand in solidarity with all victims of a crime across Europe, no matter who the victim is, no matter where the crime took place, no matter what it was. Each year, more… Read More
Survivors of Torture Present Manifesto with Recommendations to the UK government
Today, survivors of torture voiced their needs and priorities to UK parliamentarians and the UK government, during an event in the House of Lords, where they presented a manifesto with their recommendations on how to improve access to justice, accountability and reparations for survivors. The… Read More
Belarus Platform Supports Increasing Number of Criminal Justice Authorities and the UN
The International Accountability Platform for Belarus (IAPB) has released a new report showing the progress made towards analysing and preserving thousands of files containing information and evidence on alleged crimes under international law committed in Belarus since 2020: The IAPB has collected witness statements, medical reports, court records and other… Read More
MPs Debate UK Government’s Inaction in Case of British Blogger Facing the Death Penalty in India
A cross-party group of MPs accused the UK Government today of failing to implement its own policy, in failing to seek the release of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British blogger who has been unlawfully detained in India for over five years, where he faces the death penalty. Describing Jagtar’s case… Read More
Jagtar Singh Johal: Arbitrarily Detained British Blogger Facing Death Penalty
Briefing by Reprieve and REDRESS for Backbench Business Committee debate on 19 January 2023. … Read More
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International Human Rights Groups Call for Release of Leading Turkish Human Rights Defender and Physician
Turkish authorities have an opportunity tomorrow to release from custody one of its most internationally respected human rights defenders, Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, who has been unlawfully detained since 26 October 2022. It is her second unlawful detention in six years in retaliation for… Read More
