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    Jan 23

    "If you want to understand what governments have been doing in your name, go and watch " To mark 's forthcoming report on psychological torture , will play in cinemas across the UK from 16th Feb. Tickets:

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    "Surpopulation, matelas au sol, crasse, bruit incessant : 29 détenus français avaient porté plainte pour dénoncer leurs conditions de détention. La Cour européenne des droits de l’homme (CEDH) leur a donné raison en condamnant la France".

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  3. Jan 30

    Saribekyan and Balyan v. Azerbaijan: military police tortured a detainee for several days before his death in custody, through beatings, head injuries, and strangulation. Damages of €60,000.

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  4. Jan 30

    JMB v France: Article 3 is violated for terrible conditions in crumbling prisons in Martinique, Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Nimes, Nice, and Fresnes. Court recommends the govt take up general measures to improve standards

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  5. Jan 27

    Shocking testimony from Guantanamo from the contractors authorised by the CIA to do the torturing in Poland, Kabul, and Thailand. They sometimes waterboarded people not to try to obtain information, but to demonstrate how to do it to senior officers

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  6. Jan 20

    In Guantanamo, the Military Tribunal will be looking at how psychologists can aid and abet torture

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  7. Jan 20

    A great piece of strategic litigation that brings human rights law to the climate crisis, and forces States to deal with climate refugees

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    19 Dec 2019

    A Brussels court found a former official guilty of after hearing of his role in the 1994 massacres in his country. The sentencing hearing is to take place today.

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    18 Dec 2019

    Tomorrow will be one year since protests that led to the ousting of al-Bashir started. Sudan should seize the opportunity to carry out anti torture reforms & confront the decades-long legacy of torture. See our new report with

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  10. Redress has been challenging torture in Sudan for more than 15 years. There is now an opportunity to introduce reforms that will make torture more difficult and facilitate accountability. Our report sets out how this can be done.

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    12 Dec 2019

    Wrapping up the year with a packed two-day and meeting on mapping out the promises and perils of focusing on psychological methods of torture (isolation and threats). – at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

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    Here is a great opportunity for strategic litigators keen on networking with other colleagues from around the world, showcasing their work and getting to interrogate the fascinating and endless possibilities of strategic litigation. Check it out...

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  13. On Human Rights Day, the European Court calls for the immediate release of Osman Kavala, and finds that Osman, and with him all human rights defenders, is detained for the ulterior purpose of reducing him to silence.

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    6 Dec 2019

    An amazing three days ! Proud to stand w/these amazing advocates on behalf of US victims & victims from is calling upon to deliver measure of long sought justice & accountability- &

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    Victims in Chad are alerting the international community today that Habré could be liberated. Int. Law jurisprudence has recognized that pardons that affect the victims’ rights to justice, truth and reparations ar not allowed!@REDRESSTrust

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    28 Nov 2019

    I filed the initial complaint back in 2008. Never thought it would take that long for justice to be done. But at least, justice has been done.

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    26 Nov 2019

    The UN Committee has just recently approved guidelines for accepting third-party interventions (amicus curiae briefs), when it is considering individual communications. A very interesting tool for all those interested in strategic litigation before the .

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    "They waterboarded him 183 times. Everything they got from him was either a lie or something they already had." Waterboarding is . Learn more Read our report:

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  19. The Dutch International Crime Team arrest a man on suspicion of torture and killings allegedly committed while commander of a Kabul prison in the 1980s. He has been in the Netherlands since 2001.

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    20 Nov 2019

    Court Hands Life Sentence to Warlord for Murder, Sexual Violence, and Awards Reparations to Hundreds of Victims. A case on which my colleagues have worked tirelessly for so long.

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