When apartheid South Africa used banning orders and house arrest to silence dissent, it didn’t only restrict political speech, it fractured lives, families, careers and…
Grantee stories
Highlighted stories from across our programmes
Two SRT grantee partners were represented at a recent roundtable with former US President Barack Obama on the future of democracy in Central Europe and…
In a landmark ruling, the High Court of Saint Lucia has struck down sections 132 and 133 of the Criminal Code, colonial-era laws that criminalised…
For over 30 years, the Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU) has supported refugees and migrants in the Czech Republic. It is the country’s oldest…
In February 2025, SRT grantee partner Direkt36, a Hungarian investigative journalism organisation, released “The Dynasty” (“A dinasztia”) – a documentary scrutinising the business…
On Tuesday, 7 September 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court voted to decriminalise abortion, annulling several provisions of a law enacted in Coahuila, a…
The Basic Court of Pristina handed down the first-ever conviction of a perpetrator of wartime sexual violence from a Kosovar court on 5 July 2021.
Founded in 1992, Fair Trials is an organisation working internationally to defend everyone’s right to a fair trial. Through research, advocacy and campaigning work, Fair…
Transparency International EU (TI EU) is the Brussels office of the global civil society movement against corruption. TI EU promotes integrity, transparency and…
Sierra Leone’s Parliament unanimously voted in favour of a bill to abolish the death penalty in July 2021. The Death Penalty Project, a…
Founded in 2004, the Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders (EMHRF) provides emergency grants to human rights defenders at risk as…
Founded in 2005 by Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Elena Fortes, Ambulante works with communities in Mexico’s rural and indigenous regions to…
The Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) was founded in 1990 by a group of Italian lawyers and academics committed to upholding…
Founded in 1998 in Harare, Women and Land Zimbabwe is a women’s rights organisation that works to end gender discrimination in access, ownership…
Public libraries can be much more than repositories of records and knowledge. In Nairobi, SRT grantee Book Bunk is working with local artists…