This briefing provides background on Sudan’s Central Reserve Police (or “Abu Tira”), its current leadership and organisational structure, and a summary of ongoing violations committed in combination with other Sudanese military and security forces. Read More
Who are the Central Reserve Police? REDRESS welcomes today’s announcement that the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has designated the Central Reserve Police (CRP) of Sudan for sanctions for its involvement in serious human rights violations since the 25 October 2021 military… Read More
Today REDRESS and our Kenyan partners, the National Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC), made a submission to the Committee against Torture (CAT) as part of its examination of Kenya’s treaty obligations, which will take place from 19 April to 13 May 2022. The… Read More
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a victim of torture and hostage-taking in Iran for nearly six years, has been allowed to leave Iran and will be returning home to her family in the UK today. REDRESS, which has campaigned for her release since 2016, celebrates the end of a horrific six-year ordeal that… Read More
REDRESS is aware of unconfirmed media reports of progress in Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case, including that the UK has paid a £400m debt that it owes Iran, which has been consistently given by Iranian authorities as the reason for her detention. REDRESS notes that… Read More
Dos años después de que la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) emitiera su sentencia histórica en el caso Azul Rojas Marín, quien sufrió tortura por discriminación en 2008, el Estado Peruano continúa sin implementar la sentencia. De las diez reparaciones vinculantes ordenadas por la Corte IDH a reparar… Read More
Khaled El-Masri is a German national of Lebanese origin. Accused of being a member of Al-Qaida, he was arrested by Macedonian agents who handed him over to a CIA team, who then detained… Read More
Magnus Gäfgen is a German national who kidnapped and killed an 11-year-old child. During questioning, and allegedly to try to save the… Read More
