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.
News & Case Updates
Irish attempt to extend EU arrest warrant ‘misguided’
Policy Officer Emily Smith writes that Ireland is flying in the face of calls for major reforms of the European Arrest Warrant. read more
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 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Natalia Gorczowska, speaking after her European Arrest Warrant was withdrawn.


