Anna Yearley is the Joint Executive Director of Reprieve and co-manages all aspects of Reprieve’s work. In 2021, she was awarded an OBE for services…
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The Sigrid Rausing Trust has been supporting the legal advocacy group Reprieve for many years. Among many other cases around the world, Reprieve has…
In a medical first, there has been a promising breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. A rigorous clinical trial involving 1,795 volunteers with early…
Initiatives by two SRT grantees, the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK) and CAMP Alatoo, have been recognised as UN…
In November 2021, the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) confirmed that Hungary’s 2018 “Stop Soros” Act that foresees potential criminal sanctions for those providing assistance…
Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, at least 280 million people lost their citizenship. Among…
On October 28 2021, Geoff Budlender, a South African anti-apartheid lawyer and current Sigrid Rausing Trustee, was awarded the 2021 International Bar Association Pro Bono…
On July 23 2021, Sierra Leone’s Parliament unanimously voted in favor of a bill to abolish the death penalty. The Death Penalty Project, a London-based…
When the COVID-19 pandemic began last year, victims of torture were especially hard hit by the devastating economic, health and social effects. Lost…
Julienne Lusenge, co-founder and Chair of the Board of SRT grantee Female Solidarity for Integrated Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), a women’s rights organisation focused on…
Legal advocacy group and SRT grantee Reprieve has successfully advocated for two clients, Asadullah Haroon Gul and Saifullah Paracha,…
We are shocked and saddened by the unexpected death of our former Trustee Jonathan Cooper. Jonathan served a six-year term as a Trustee of SRT…
No Borders is a project of the Social Action Centre, a Kyiv-based NGO that advocates for equality for LGBTI people, persons with disabilities,…
Founded in Lebanon in 2006, Zoukak creates common spaces for creative expression in the community through theatre, writing, acting as therapy, role play and imagination.