By Camila Marin Restrepo, Communities Officer Torture is a callous tool used by those with power that aims to dehumanise individuals, strip them of their dignity and make them powerless. It doesn’t just impact the individual; it shatters families and communities, fostering a culture of silence and fear. Despite… Read More
While travelling as a migrant from Ethiopia to Europe, M.T. (a pseudonym given to him to protect his identity) was trafficked, forcibly disappeared, tortured, held in… Read More
READ THE REPORT Today, REDRESS and partner organisations Kdei Karuna and Global Survivors Fund’s (GSF) publish their new report entitled Cambodia Study on opportunities for reparations for survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV): left without Calla, which examines the scope and prevalence of… Read More
Download the report The UK is home to between 60,000 and 98,000 survivors of torture in the refugee population alone, according to some studies. A new REDRESS report, Whose Justice? Reflections from UK-based survivors of torture, confirms that contrary… Read More
On 13 and 14 June 1990, anti-government demonstrations in Romania were violently repressed, resulting in several civilian casualties. CASE BACKGROUND The applicants in this case included (1) Mrs Mocanu, whose husband was killed, (2) Mr Stoica, who was ill-treated, and (3) Association “21 December 1989”… 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
The two applicants in this case, Saïd Bouyid (aged 17 at the time of the incidents) and Mohamed Bouyid, filed complaints in Belgium after they were both slapped by police officers while in custody on two separate occasions, the first after being arrested for failure to provide identification and… Read More