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…
8 December 2016, Malawi: the High Court of Malawi has ruled in favour of two women who claim they were forcibly deprived of the land…
November 2016: The Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev has signed into law a bill criminalising child marriage in unregistered religious ceremonies, which remain widespread in Kyrgyzstan.
24th November 2016: SRT grantee the Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion has published new research into the risk of statelessness among Syrian refugees. Since the start…
9th November 2016: The Belize Court of Appeal has found mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole breaches fundamental human rights. SRT grantee the …
7 November 2016: The Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Public Security has instructed the immigration authorities to align their practice with Norway’s international obligations, taking…
Banjul, 27 October 2016: SRT grantee IHRDA has set a new precedent in African child rights litigation by reaching a settlement in a case against the…
14 October 2016: The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the World Bank’s arbitration body, has ruled that mining company Pac Rim Cayman…
13 October 2016: The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has called on Iran to immediately release and compensate Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual…
Poland, 12th October 2016: A first instance court has ruled in a case brought by the family of a deceased prisoner that the right to…
In the first case filed with the UN on behalf of former members of a national human rights institution, SRT grantee the International Service for…