Enforced disappearance is a crime that thrives in contexts where there is a lack of public scrutiny of the government and its actions. Because of this, the media has a vital role to play in eradicating the use of enforced disappearance, a particularly cruel human rights abuse that is prevalent… Read More
This Q&A aims to help journalists navigate the complexities of reporting on enforced disappearances in Africa, a particularly cruel human rights abuse that is prevalent on the continent, frequently used by governments as a method of repression, terror, and stifling dissent. Human rights advocates, political opposition, union leaders, journalists and… Read More
Full Briefing ACTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ALLIES OF SUDAN Call on the Sudanese military to immediately end the arbitrary detention of all detained political leaders, journalists, and human rights activists, and refrain from torture and other forms of violence against protestors. Establish an independent UN fact-finding mission to… Read More
Full Briefing ACTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL ALLIES OF SUDAN Call on the Sudanese military to immediately end the arbitrary detention of all detained political leaders, journalists, and human rights activists, and refrain from torture and other forms of violence against protestors. Impose targeted sanctions on those responsible for… Read More
In a letter distributed on 28 October, REDRESS joined more than 35 Sudanese, African, and international civil society organisations in calling on the UN Human Rights Council to convene a special (emergency) session to address the ongoing political crisis in Sudan, following the 25 October military takeover of the transitional… Read More
Briefing on Military Coup Early on the morning of October 25 2021, Sudanese security forces arrested at least five civilian members of Sudan’s transitional government, including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, as well as other officials and key political leaders. The whereabouts of all detained individuals are… Read More
Early on the morning of October 25 2021, Sudanese security forces arrested at least five civilian members of Sudan’s transitional government, including the prime minister and other officials and key political leaders. The military announced the dissolution of the joint civilian-military transitional government. In response, in a briefing distributed to… Read More
Today, Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has begun his second hunger strike in two years to protest at the failure of the UK government to secure the return home of his wife, who has been arbitrarily detained in Iran since 2016. Since Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to leave “no stone unturned” to bring Nazanin home in 2017, a pledge that has been repeated by four foreign secretaries who have dealt… Read More
