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…
A Colombian court has granted victim status to a former female fighter of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). This marks a pivotal win in…
The Bulawayo High Court in Zimbabwe delivered a significant judgment against Zimbabwean police, awarding Ricky Nathanson, a transgender woman and activist originally from Bulawayo, $400,000…
On 21st November, SRT grantee, the International Refugee Assistance Project, working with partner organizations, won a class action lawsuit in support of a group of…
On 19 November 2019, the Bukavu Garrison Court (South Kivu) found three former militiamen guilty of crimes against humanity. They received heavy prison sentences, ranging…
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) has been working with Afghan and Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants who are in a programme established as…
We would like to congratulate SRT grantee Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK) on winning the EU Investigative Journalism Award! KRIK’s story “How Serbia’s Health…
For the first time in history, the United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Bosnian authorities for failing to fulfil their obligations toward…
In May 2019, the District Court in Nowy Sącz, Poland, ordered an incapacitated person to be entered in the voters’ register for the European Parliamentary…
On Tuesday, 11 June 2019, a full bench of the Botswana High Court issued a ground-breaking judgment, decriminalising same-sex sexual conduct between consenting adults. In…
Seventeen years after SRT grantees DEMUS and CLADEM first filed a petition to the United Nations Human Rights Committee, on behalf of a young Peruvian girl,…