READ OUR ANNUAL REVIEW 2022 This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces looking at some of our key achievements over the past year. REDRESS spoke with Richard Ratcliffe following the release of his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen who was kept… Read More
Four leading international human rights and medical NGOs condemn the arbitrary arrest on 27 October of Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincancı, chairperson of the Turkish Medical Association and executive committee member of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey. The organisations demand Dr. Fincancı’s immediate, unconditional release and that Turkish authorities… Read More
Read a Q&A on the EDA Guidelines REDRESS, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, MENA Rights Group, Lawyers for Justice in Libya, and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies welcome the launch today of new regional guidelines aimed at supporting African States eradicate the practice of… Read More
On 13 May 2022, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) adopted the Guidelines on Enforced Disappearances in Africa (EDA Guidelines) at its 71st Ordinary Session in Banjul, The Gambia. This Q&A addresses the key concepts and terminology, the main contexts in which enforced disappearance (ED) happens… Read More
READ OUR ANNUAL REVIEW 2022 This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces looking at some of our key achievements over the past year. In it, REDRESS Head of Law Alejandra Vicente discusses REDRESS’s work with anti-torture NGOs around the world to further the… Read More
READ IN ENGLISH Kairaba Beach Hôtel, Banjul, Gambie. Le 27 octobre 2022 de 18h à 19h30 (heure de Gambie), suivi d’une réception À propos de l’événement : REDRESS et le Global Survivors Fund vous convient à leur événement parallèle à la 73ème session… Read More
LIRE EN FRANÇAIS Kairaba beach Hotel, Banjul, Gambia Thursday, 27 October 2022 6-7:30 pm (Gambia time), followed by a reception REDRESS and the Global Survivors Fund will host a side-event to the 73rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights… Read More
Two years ago, on 20 October 2020, the Nigerian army and police opened fire on peaceful, unarmed protestors gathered at the Lekki toll gate in Lagos, Nigeria. To date, there has been no justice or accountability for survivors and victims of the massacre. REDRESS is urging the… Read More
