Read the press release in English Paris, Londres, Ndjamena, New-York, 30 mai 2021 — Cinq ans après le jugement historique au Sénégal de l’ancien dictateur tchadien Hissène Habré, les victimes de son régime violent n’ont pas vu un centime des 150 millions de dollars de réparations ordonnées… Read More
Lire le communiqué de presse en français Paris London, Ndjamena, New York — Five years after the historic judgment in Senegal against the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré, victims of his brutal regime have not seen a cent of the $150 million court-ordered reparations. A coalition of… Read More
Today’s launch of the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regime by the Foreign Secretary is welcomed by a coalition of the UK’s leading anti-corruption organisations. The regime, if robustly implemented, will help the UK: Coordinate more effectively with allies like the US and Canada to close down the west as a safe… Read More
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has received a further sentence of one year. It is not clear whether she will be returned to prison or house arrest with an ankle tag. Nazanin’s lawyer was summoned to Judge Salavati’s office today, where he was told… Read More
Libya violated the rights of Libyan human rights defender Magdulein Abaida by failing to investigate her arbitrary arrest and torture, the UN body of experts that monitors implementation of the main global treaty on women’s rights has found. The decision, issued today, is emblematic in two ways: it is the… Read More
Five years to the day since the arrest of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Iran continues to hold her hostage and refuses to allow her to reunite with her husband and daughter in the UK. Despite having officially completed her sentence on the 7th March… Read More
Learn more Around the world, corrupt leaders often use torture and other serious human rights abuses to maintain their power. While these dictators and warlords embezzle millions from their countries, they use violence to silence critics and intimidate the population, including through killings,… Read More
REDRESS welcomed today the announcement by the UK government that it has designated for sanctions four senior Chinese officials and one entity for their roles in serious human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China. The Chinese individuals and entity were sanctioned under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) and… Read More