REDRESS Trust
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We help torture survivors obtain justice and reparation.
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#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium Member
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#UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium Member
📺Ahead of #Prisoner951, we asked Richard Ratcliffe what a legal right to consular assistance could have meant for him and Nazanin.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📺Ahead of #Prisoner951, we asked Richard Ratcliffe what a legal right to consular assistance could have meant for him and Nazanin.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
Despite Labour's promises, the UK still has no legal right requiring the government to help its nationals facing human rights abuses abroad.
⛓️ Torture and unlawful detention persist in #Nigeria.
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
⛓️ Torture and unlawful detention persist in #Nigeria.
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
Oluwafemi Ajibade of Citizens’ Gavel shares how, with support from REDRESS through the #UnitedAgainstTorture Consortium, GAVEL freed a videographer held for 4 years after #EndSARS — despite not taking part.
🎬 Watch the video:
We're #Hiring!
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We're #Hiring!
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
REDRESS is recruiting a Survivor Participation Officer (12-month maternity cover) to support our advocacy with survivors of torture.
We strongly encourage applicants with lived experience.
Apply👉https://redress.org/survivor-participation-officer-maternity-leave-cover-12-months/
🗣️ Survivors Matthew Hedges, Ameer Bhanbhro, and Sepideh Sahar urged the UK to reaffirm its leadership and ensure survivor voices shape anti-torture policies.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🗣️ Survivors Matthew Hedges, Ameer Bhanbhro, and Sepideh Sahar urged the UK to reaffirm its leadership and ensure survivor voices shape anti-torture policies.
⚖️ Dr Edwards warned that UK laws — including the National Security Act and Overseas Operations Act — risk enabling impunity for torture.
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
⚖️ Dr Edwards warned that UK laws — including the National Security Act and Overseas Operations Act — risk enabling impunity for torture.
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
“The absolute prohibition of torture allows no exception, no derogation, and no balancing tools.”
🤝Yesterday in Parliament, we hosted an important discussion with @AliceEdwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🤝Yesterday in Parliament, we hosted an important discussion with @AliceEdwards, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
Co-organised by the Survivor Advisory Group, APPG on Human Rights, and @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, and hosted by Baroness Kennedy KC.
🎥 Tawanda Muchehiwa highlights how stronger laws and policies against torture make a difference for survivors rebuilding their lives in the UK.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🎥 Tawanda Muchehiwa highlights how stronger laws and policies against torture make a difference for survivors rebuilding their lives in the UK.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
🎥 Matthew Hedges, from the Survivor Advisory Group, explains why stronger UK laws and policies on torture matter.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
🎥 Matthew Hedges, from the Survivor Advisory Group, explains why stronger UK laws and policies on torture matter.
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
#TakeTortureSeriously #UKAgainstTorture
Eight years ago, Scottish activist Jagtar Singh Johal was abducted off the street while on honeymoon with his wife in India.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
November 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Eight years ago, Scottish activist Jagtar Singh Johal was abducted off the street while on honeymoon with his wife in India.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
He has been detained on charges based on a “confession” extracted under torture ever since.
The UK must apply maximum diplomatic pressure on India to secure his release.
🌍 Today at the UN #UPR50, Malawi’s human rights record is under review — a key moment for States to recommend reforms, strengthen protections, and ensure LGBTIQ+ voices shape #Malawi’s human rights future. 🌈
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🌍 Today at the UN #UPR50, Malawi’s human rights record is under review — a key moment for States to recommend reforms, strengthen protections, and ensure LGBTIQ+ voices shape #Malawi’s human rights future. 🌈
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
📖 Read our Factsheet to learn more: redress.org/publication/...
Videos and witness accounts of mass extrajudicial executions conducted by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, Sudan, are extremely alarming.
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Videos and witness accounts of mass extrajudicial executions conducted by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, Sudan, are extremely alarming.
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
States must urgently act to halt devastating campaign of ethnic targeting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
📢#Consultancy opportunity
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
📢#Consultancy opportunity
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
The Global Initiative Against Impunity (GIAI) are looking for a Campaigns, Visibility, & Impact consultant.
📍Remote, with the option to work on-site in The Hague.
📅Deadline: 2 November 2025
Details and how to apply below⬇️
@4genderjustice.org @fidh-official.bsky.social
⛓️ Zeinab Jalalian has spent most of her adult life in prison. She needs life-saving medical care, but Iranian authorities are refusing treatment.
✊ Join REDRESS and our partners in calling for Zeinab’s release and urgent medical treatment.
redress.org/news/promine...
✊ Join REDRESS and our partners in calling for Zeinab’s release and urgent medical treatment.
redress.org/news/promine...
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
⛓️ Zeinab Jalalian has spent most of her adult life in prison. She needs life-saving medical care, but Iranian authorities are refusing treatment.
✊ Join REDRESS and our partners in calling for Zeinab’s release and urgent medical treatment.
redress.org/news/promine...
✊ Join REDRESS and our partners in calling for Zeinab’s release and urgent medical treatment.
redress.org/news/promine...
✊REDRESS and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network join prominent organisations and individuals in calling for the release and life-saving medical treatment for Zeinab Jalalian, Iran's longest-held female political prisoner.
Learn more 🔽
redress.org/news/promine...
Learn more 🔽
redress.org/news/promine...
September 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
✊REDRESS and the Kurdistan Human Rights Network join prominent organisations and individuals in calling for the release and life-saving medical treatment for Zeinab Jalalian, Iran's longest-held female political prisoner.
Learn more 🔽
redress.org/news/promine...
Learn more 🔽
redress.org/news/promine...
BBC journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was murdered in Jaffna in 2000. Since then, 44+ journalists have been killed with zero accountability.
📖Our new report with International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) exposes how impunity was entrenched—and how accountability can be achieved.
📖Our new report with International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) exposes how impunity was entrenched—and how accountability can be achieved.
September 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
BBC journalist Nimalarajan Mylvaganam was murdered in Jaffna in 2000. Since then, 44+ journalists have been killed with zero accountability.
📖Our new report with International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) exposes how impunity was entrenched—and how accountability can be achieved.
📖Our new report with International Truth and Justice Project (ITJP) exposes how impunity was entrenched—and how accountability can be achieved.
✊🏽 SGBV must never be the price of protest. Across Latin America, women, LGBTIQ+ people & Indigenous communities face sexual violence for speaking out.
Our new report with AUWCL and ReLeG exposes this repression & calls for justice and systemic change.
📘Learn more: redress.org/news/sexual-...
Our new report with AUWCL and ReLeG exposes this repression & calls for justice and systemic change.
📘Learn more: redress.org/news/sexual-...
September 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
✊🏽 SGBV must never be the price of protest. Across Latin America, women, LGBTIQ+ people & Indigenous communities face sexual violence for speaking out.
Our new report with AUWCL and ReLeG exposes this repression & calls for justice and systemic change.
📘Learn more: redress.org/news/sexual-...
Our new report with AUWCL and ReLeG exposes this repression & calls for justice and systemic change.
📘Learn more: redress.org/news/sexual-...
At this week's #UPR pre-session, States must commit to recommending stronger protections, addressing discriminatory torture, and ensuring dignity for LGBTIQ+ persons.
August 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
At this week's #UPR pre-session, States must commit to recommending stronger protections, addressing discriminatory torture, and ensuring dignity for LGBTIQ+ persons.
🌈 LGBTIQ+ persons in Malawi still face torture, fuelled by discriminatory laws & stigma.
📜 Despite international commitments, torture is still not a crime under domestic law — leaving survivors without justice and perpetrators unpunished.
But we can end this.
📜 Despite international commitments, torture is still not a crime under domestic law — leaving survivors without justice and perpetrators unpunished.
But we can end this.
August 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🌈 LGBTIQ+ persons in Malawi still face torture, fuelled by discriminatory laws & stigma.
📜 Despite international commitments, torture is still not a crime under domestic law — leaving survivors without justice and perpetrators unpunished.
But we can end this.
📜 Despite international commitments, torture is still not a crime under domestic law — leaving survivors without justice and perpetrators unpunished.
But we can end this.
🟡Happening tomorrow!
Don’t forget to sign up to our live Q&A launch on combating disinformation in the ICC case Rodrigo Duterte.
⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino & Bisaya/Cebuano translation.
Also livestreamed on Fb, LinkedIn and YouTube.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Don’t forget to sign up to our live Q&A launch on combating disinformation in the ICC case Rodrigo Duterte.
⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino & Bisaya/Cebuano translation.
Also livestreamed on Fb, LinkedIn and YouTube.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
🟡Happening tomorrow!
Don’t forget to sign up to our live Q&A launch on combating disinformation in the ICC case Rodrigo Duterte.
⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino & Bisaya/Cebuano translation.
Also livestreamed on Fb, LinkedIn and YouTube.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Don’t forget to sign up to our live Q&A launch on combating disinformation in the ICC case Rodrigo Duterte.
⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino & Bisaya/Cebuano translation.
Also livestreamed on Fb, LinkedIn and YouTube.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
👩💻Sign up to our Q&A launch on combating the disinformation around the arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by the ICC.
📅29 July ⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino and Bisaya/Cebuano translation available.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅29 July ⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino and Bisaya/Cebuano translation available.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
July 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
👩💻Sign up to our Q&A launch on combating the disinformation around the arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by the ICC.
📅29 July ⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino and Bisaya/Cebuano translation available.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅29 July ⌚10-11.30 AM CET | 4-5.30 PM PH
💬Filipino and Bisaya/Cebuano translation available.
🔗Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
It has been 3 years and the Chelsea funds have remained stuck with not a penny to those who need it the most. It's crucial that the funds are unlocked and a portion given to survivors of the conflict as reparation.
🙏 @philbrickellmp.bsky.social for raising this with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
🙏 @philbrickellmp.bsky.social for raising this with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
July 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It has been 3 years and the Chelsea funds have remained stuck with not a penny to those who need it the most. It's crucial that the funds are unlocked and a portion given to survivors of the conflict as reparation.
🙏 @philbrickellmp.bsky.social for raising this with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
🙏 @philbrickellmp.bsky.social for raising this with Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
Thank you to @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social for hosting yesterday's event on how the UK can support reparations for Ukraine.
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
July 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thank you to @ceasefirecentre.bsky.social for hosting yesterday's event on how the UK can support reparations for Ukraine.
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
REDRESS highlighted how the UK can deliver justice for survivors by using its sanctions enforcement regime to fund reparations.
Learn more: redress.org/publication/...
🔔 Join our webinar!
⚖️ Strategic Litigation Against Torture: Lessons from Landmark Cases
🗓️ 10 July 2025 | 2 p.m. CET
Hear experts discuss landmark torture cases from Casebook 1.
🗣️ Interpretation in French, Spanish & Ukrainian.
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
⚖️ Strategic Litigation Against Torture: Lessons from Landmark Cases
🗓️ 10 July 2025 | 2 p.m. CET
Hear experts discuss landmark torture cases from Casebook 1.
🗣️ Interpretation in French, Spanish & Ukrainian.
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🔔 Join our webinar!
⚖️ Strategic Litigation Against Torture: Lessons from Landmark Cases
🗓️ 10 July 2025 | 2 p.m. CET
Hear experts discuss landmark torture cases from Casebook 1.
🗣️ Interpretation in French, Spanish & Ukrainian.
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
⚖️ Strategic Litigation Against Torture: Lessons from Landmark Cases
🗓️ 10 July 2025 | 2 p.m. CET
Hear experts discuss landmark torture cases from Casebook 1.
🗣️ Interpretation in French, Spanish & Ukrainian.
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📢 Torture has become normalised in the world’s largest democracy.
Join REDRESS this Friday as we launch our new report on torture in India & call for urgent reforms.
🗓 27 June | ⏰ 12:00 CEST
📍Palais des Nations, Geneva
💻 Join us online: bit.ly/443v8Gk
#India #HumanRights #StopTorture
Join REDRESS this Friday as we launch our new report on torture in India & call for urgent reforms.
🗓 27 June | ⏰ 12:00 CEST
📍Palais des Nations, Geneva
💻 Join us online: bit.ly/443v8Gk
#India #HumanRights #StopTorture
June 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📢 Torture has become normalised in the world’s largest democracy.
Join REDRESS this Friday as we launch our new report on torture in India & call for urgent reforms.
🗓 27 June | ⏰ 12:00 CEST
📍Palais des Nations, Geneva
💻 Join us online: bit.ly/443v8Gk
#India #HumanRights #StopTorture
Join REDRESS this Friday as we launch our new report on torture in India & call for urgent reforms.
🗓 27 June | ⏰ 12:00 CEST
📍Palais des Nations, Geneva
💻 Join us online: bit.ly/443v8Gk
#India #HumanRights #StopTorture
#Bahrain’s human rights situation has reached a crisis point, marked by an escalating crackdown on fundamental freedoms, the suppression of independent voices, and the ongoing persecution of human rights defenders.
If you're at #HRC59, join this event tomorrow to learn more:
If you're at #HRC59, join this event tomorrow to learn more:
June 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#Bahrain’s human rights situation has reached a crisis point, marked by an escalating crackdown on fundamental freedoms, the suppression of independent voices, and the ongoing persecution of human rights defenders.
If you're at #HRC59, join this event tomorrow to learn more:
If you're at #HRC59, join this event tomorrow to learn more: