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…
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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…
For decades Turkish people have lived with the threat of repression. Torture, forced abductions, extrajudicial killings, extended detentions and imprisonment are all widespread. It is…
On Tuesday, 7 September 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court voted to decriminalise abortion, annulling several provisions of a law enacted in Coahuila, a…
The Basic Court of Pristina handed down the first-ever conviction of a perpetrator of wartime sexual violence from a Kosovar court on 5 July 2021.
Founded in 1992, Fair Trials is an organisation working internationally to defend everyone’s right to a fair trial. Through research, advocacy and campaigning work, Fair…