Grantee news Bellingcat has published an investigation documenting how Russia’s war has devastated civilian life in Ukraine, verifying over 2,500 cases of civilian harm,…
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Media Defence and Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova secured a landmark ruling for press freedom at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The…
Grantee News MSF is one of over 30 NGOs banned by Israel from operating inside Gaza and the West Bank. This follows a threat to withhold registration…
Grantee News Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is among groups urging lawmakers in Kazakhstan to reject a draft law with amendments that would ban…
2nd August 2017: A report released by SRT grantee Citizen Lab has shown that lawyers acting in a high-profile murder case in Mexico were targeted by…
Detroit, 24th July 2017: Following intervention by SRT grantees the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), a US federal court has…
On July 10 the Bahraini Court sentenced the human rights defender and the President of SRT grantee the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab…
27 June 2017: Hungary’s Law on the Transparency of Organisations Supported from Abroad comes into effect today. This is the first time an EU country has introduced…
London, 5th June 2017: The Metropolitan Police have today charged Agnes Taylor with torture for her alleged involvement in atrocities committed by her ex-husband Charles…
New York, 25th May 2017: The Fourth Circuit appeal court has today issued a ruling affirming the suspension of President Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ executive order…
Toronto, 25 May 2017: SRT grantee Citizen Lab has released a report uncovering a major disinformation and cyber-espionage campaign with hundreds of targets in government, industry,…
18th May 2017: Nabeel Rajab, director of SRT grantee the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, has written an article for the New York Times criticising…
Istanbul, 16th May 2017: Murat Çelikkan, co-director of SRT grantee Hafiza Merkezi, was today sentenced to 18 months in prison at the Istanbul Penal Court…
29 April 2017: In a landmark decision, Kyrgyzstan has adopted legislation to better protect victims of domestic violence. In 2015 SRT grantee Open Line was part…