In February 2025, SRT grantee partner Direkt36, a Hungarian investigative journalism organisation, released “The Dynasty” (“A dinasztia”), a documentary scrutinising the business dealings…
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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…
Over the past decade, SRT grantee partner the End FGM European Network (End FGM EU), has emerged as a pivotal force in combating female…
Bahrain, March 14th 2016: Bahraini security forces have raided the house of prominent human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja and arrested her with her 15-month-old son.
Scotland, March 11th 2016: The Scottish Government Minister responsible for Culture, Fiona Hyslop, has announced a further £2.5m investment into the continuing work of SRT…
North Caucasus, 9th March, 2016: A group of masked men, armed with baseball bats and “sharp objects”, has attacked a minibus carrying nine people, including…
In an article in Granta magazine in March 2016, Patrick Ball from SRT grantee Human Rights Data Analysis Group discusses how he and his…
Summary: Israeli human rights groups express concern about pending NGO Bill. Pending legislation in Israel to restrict foreign government funding to NGOs could have serious…
La Esperanza, Intibuca, Honduras, March 3rd, 2016: Berta Cáceres, one of the leading indigenous activists and environmental rights campaigners in Honduras, has been found shot…
Guatemala City, February 26th 2016: Two former senior military officers have been found guilty of crimes against humanity involving murder, sexual slavery and other atrocities…
Johannesburg, 8 February 2016: after 33 years, the South Africa National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it will charge four former security policemen with…
Peru, December 2015: Nearly a decade after the original complaint was filed with the UN Human Rights Committee, the Peruvian government has agreed to pay…
North Carolina, 5th February 2016: Magistrate Judge Kimberly Swank has today approved the extradition to Spain of Colonel Inocente Orlando Montano, El Salvador’s former Vice…