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…
Grantee stories
Highlighted stories from across our programmes
In February 2025, SRT grantee partner Direkt36, a Hungarian investigative journalism organisation, released “The Dynasty” (“A dinasztia”) – a documentary scrutinising the business…
David Tišer, founder of SRT partner ARA ART, was awarded an Ashoka Fellowship in 2023 for his work combating discrimination against Roma people, particularly…
In a significant legal action, twenty-five families and survivors of apartheid-era political crimes have filed a lawsuit against the South African government seeking constitutional damages…
21st March 2018: A Bahraini criminal court has convicted and sentenced Duaa Alwadaei, the wife of human rights defender Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, to two months…
February 2018: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has confirmed for the first time that states must respect the rights to life and personal integrity…
21st February 2018: A historic ruling by the Supreme Court has confirmed that the police must properly investigate rape to ensure victims’ human rights are…
13th February 2018: Activists and civil society organisations from Malawi and across southern Africa have welcomed the passage of the new HIV/AIDS (Prevention and Management)…
1st February 2018: Two United States Congressmen – US Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs…
11th January 2018: After seven years of debate, the Somaliland parliament has passed a bill outlawing rape – the first law addressing gender-based violence in…
December 2017: In a landmark judgment that will affect thousands of prisoners, the Supreme Court of Kenya has ruled that the mandatory death penalty violates…
13th December 2017: In a landmark ruling, 11 Congolese militia members were convicted today of crimes against humanity for murder and the rape of 37…
22nd November 2017: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague today sentenced former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic to life…
10th November 2017: The European Court of Human Rights has determined that the Hungarian authorities violated the fundamental human rights of a Roma man by…