Since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February, we have been in constant contact with our grantees in the country and others directly affected. Our Chair…
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Highlighted stories from across our programmes
On 23rd of March 2022, the UN women’s rights committee decided that the criminalisation of consensual, same-sex intimacy…
In late February 2022, hundreds of activists from Latin America’s “Marea Verde” or “Green Wave” movement donned green neck scarves and signs to…
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…
In June 2021, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicted Alieu Kosiah, a former Liberian warlord and former battalion commander of the ULIMO (United Liberation Movement…
Founded in 1997, the GALA Queer Archive is a catalyst for the production, preservation and dissemination of information about the history, culture and…
In late June 2021, the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), an SRT grantee since 2014, earned two major victories in the…
In June 2021, Tamir Yadai, the chief of the Central Command of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), announced that the IDF would limit its “intelligence…
On 29 April 2021, the Supreme Court in Malawi ruled that the death penalty is unconstitutional in the country. This landmark judgment paves the way…
Trust grantee FemFund is the first and only feminist grant-maker in Poland promoting feminist activism with small institutional grants. FemFund has been a…
On 14 April 2021, Granta-published author Ahmet Altan walked free after four and half years in prison in Turkey. The Supreme Court of Appeals quashed…
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ruled in February 2021 in favour of a case that challenged the criminalisation of homosexual people in Jamaica, in…
Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), a Trust grantee, has been nominated alongside its partner Mwatana for Human Rights, a grassroots organisation in Yemen, for the…
In early February 2021 at the Stefan A. Riesenfeld Symposium, “Global Speech Under Pressure: The Promise and Challenges of Free Expression and Digital Rights” organised…