Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, The International Rehabilitation Council for Victims of Torture (IRCT), a grantee…
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Trust grantee Freedom from Torture and the Survivors Speak OUT network were awarded…
In February 2022, TIME magazine published an article titled, “Inside Facebook’s African Sweatshop”, about Sama, a third-party content…
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…
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,…