Working for a world where every person's right to a fair trial is respected, whatever their nationality, wherever they are accused

Thalidomide victim Billy Burton returns to UK

Fair Trials International is a human rights charity that helps people arrested far from home to fight for justice and defend their right to a fair trial. Fair Trials International also campaigns for effective human rights protection in the criminal justice context.

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Quando le manette oltre confine vanno fuori controllo

Quando le manette oltre confine vanno fuori controllo

Former Fair Trials International Policy Intern, Gabriele Ruberto, writes for Italian law journal Top Legal, arguing the need to reform the European Arrest Warrant. read more

Vulnerable Nottingham man attempts suicide while in pre-trial detention in Spain

Vulnerable Nottingham man attempts suicide while in pre-trial detention in Spain

Andrew Dmytruk, 51, from Nottingham, was arrested in Benidorm in December 2010 and accused of arson, following a fire in a hotel. read more

Robert Hörchner

Robert Hörchner

Robert was extradited from Holland to Poland, where he was detained for 10 months in horrific conditions, receiving almost no information about his case and little access to legal advice read more

       People are raising more and more the need for a review or at least an adjustment of the application of the European Arrest warrant in the European Union.        

Jan Albrecht MEP, Chair of the European Parliament panel discussion on the European Arrest Warrant

       I can't imagine where me and my son would be now if not for the help from Fair Trials International.       

Natalia Gorczowska, speaking after her European Arrest Warrant was withdrawn.

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