As the European Union is expected to announce today sanctions against senior Chinese officials and entities linked to human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, REDRESS has written to the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, calling for urgent action from the UK government in imposing similar… Read More
Today, REDRESS has written to UN experts requesting them to issue a public statement in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, following the conclusion of her second trial on Sunday. The request was made in collaboration with Dr Tatyana Eatwell, a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, who has provided pro-bono legal… Read More
CTI, REDRESS and the Commonwealth Secretariat release report on Online Workshop for Commonwealth Caribbean Countries on UNCAT Ratification, Legislative Reform and Reporting
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may face more time in prison or under house arrest in Iran. Following the removal of her ankle tag when she completed her five-year sentence for her first case last Sunday, Nazanin was required to attend court for… Read More
REDRESS has urged the UK government to publicly recognise Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a victim of torture, as new medical evidence of her physical and psychological state confirms the severity of the ill-treatment that she has suffered in Iran. REDRESS has sent to the UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic… Read More
British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will not be reunited with her husband and daughter in the UK, despite completing her five-year sentence today in Iran. Nazanin has been told to appear before court on Sunday 14 March 2021. This may relate to a second case against Nazanin, which could be… Read More
REDRESS has sent a briefing to United Nations human rights experts highlighting the risk that a second case may be used by Iran to block the release of British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at the end of her sentence on 7th March 2021. … Read More
متوفر باللغة العربية REDRESS and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcome today’s historic news that Sudan’s Sovereign Council has approved the ratification of the two main international treaties banning torture and enforced disappearances. This development follows years of advocacy efforts by Sudanese… Read More