On 15 November 2023, woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotudeh was released on bail from Evin prison after being subjected to 17 days of arbitrary detention. Although she has been released, the woman human rights defender still faces charges on national security, and for disregarding the mandatory veiling laws, brought against her by Branch 29 of the Tehran Revolutionary court and Branch 1097 of Ershad Judicial Complex, the criminal department II.
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On the evening of 16 March 2021, woman human rights defender Atena Daemi was transferred from Evin Prison to Lakan Prison in Rasht, northern Iran. She had been serving her sentence in the women's ward of Evin Prison since December 2016, during which time she was not granted any leave of absence. No explanation for the transfer was given.
On 25 February 2021, the Supreme Court in Iran rejected the request for a retrial of woman human rights defender Atena Daemi.
On 6 April 2024, woman human rights defender Hasti Amiri began serving a one-year prison sentence. Alongside human rights defender Zia Nabavi, they were charged with "propaganda activities against the state". This verdict was issued by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court in June 2023 and confirmed by Branch 36 in October 2023. The charge stemmed from their advocacy in support of students’ rights and their protests against the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran.
On 9 August 2023, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), an intelligence agency operating under the Bangladesh Bank, requested all banks of Bangladesh to provide account details of human rights defender Zillur Rahman and the Centre for Governance Studies.
في 30 أبريل 2020 ، أمرت النيابة العامة في القاهرة باحتجاز المدافع عن حقوق الإنسان عبد الرحمن طارق في الحبس الاحتياطي لمدة 15 يومًا ، بانتظار التحقيقات بتهمة "الانضمام إلى جماعة غير قانونية" و "التشهير" و "إساءة استخدام وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي". وظل طارق رهن الاحتجاز على الرغم من الأمر الصادر عن محكمة جنايات القاهرة بالإفراج عنه في 10 مارس / آذار.
في 10 مارس 2020 ، أمرت محكمة جنايات القاهرة بالإفراج عن المدافع عن حقوق الإنسان عبد الرحمن طارق بموجب إجراءات احترازية .
On 9 December 2020, the Court of First Instance of Yaounde administrative centre postponed the hearing of human rights defenders Jean Marc Bikoko, Agnès Adelaide Metougou, Yves Ndjalla Epangue, Jessie Bikoko and Severin Le Juste Bikoko. Their hearing has already been adjourned over 30 times since their arrest on 15 September 2015.
On 21 October 2023, woman human rights defender Chen Jianfang left prison and returned home after completing a 4.5 year sentence.
On 29 December 2023, the Higher People’s Court in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Guangxi province upheld the Nanning Municipal Intermediate Court’s conviction and sentencing of human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei.
أمر قائد عسكري إسرائيلي في 9 تشرين الثاني / نوفمبر 2020 بوضع المدافعة عن حقوق الإنسان ختام سعافين قيد الاعتقال الإداري لمدة ستة أشهر. تم تخفيض هذا إلى أربعة أشهر في اليوم التالي بعد المراجعة. واستند الاعتقال إلى أدلة "سرية" لم يتم إخطارها بها أو لمحاميها.
On 6 April 2024, woman human rights defender Hasti Amiri began serving a one-year prison sentence. Alongside human rights defender Zia Nabavi, they were charged with "propaganda activities against the state". This verdict was issued by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court in June 2023 and confirmed by Branch 36 in October 2023. The charge stemmed from their advocacy in support of students’ rights and their protests against the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran.
On 9 November 2023, human rights defender Madi Jobarteh was formally charged with “seditious intention, incitement to violence, and false publication and broadcasting”. He had been provisionally released on a D100,000 bail bond on 11 October 2023 while on a hospital bed with an illness. He was asked to report to the police headquarters two weeks later, October 26.
On 3 September 2023, the lawyer of human rights defenders Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fakour announced that they have been charged with “disturbing the public order” and “insulting the prison authorities” at Branch 3 of Evin prison court. Both human rights defenders were forcibly transferred to Qezel Hesar prison from Evin prison on the same day, as part of a group of at least ten prisoners.
On 23 June 2022, woman human rights defender, Narges Mohammadi, was transferred to hospital after displaying symptoms of heart arrhythmia and shortness of breath. After conducting an echocardiogram, doctors prescribed medication with instructions to take them urgently to alleviate the crisis. The woman human rights defender was returned to Qarchak prison from the hospital on the same day. On 27 June 2022, Narges Mohammadi announced to her family that she has received the most urgent prescription of an injection for her shortness of breath after four days delay.
On 2 September 2023, woman human rights defender and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir (Imaan Mazari) was granted bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad. Imaan Mazari had been jailed since 20 August 2023 on serious offences including sedition and offences under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The woman human rights defender was granted bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court on 28 August 2023, but was re-arrested a few hours later in a separate case, before finally being released on 2 September 2023.
On 31 March 2017 Chinese courts handed down verdicts in the cases of three human rights defenders. - Su Changlan (苏昌兰) and Chen Qitang (陈启棠) were found guilty of inciting subversion of state power, and Chen Yunfei (陈云费) was convicted of picking quarrels and causing trouble. The three human rights defenders have all been illegally detained for at least two years, and all were given prison sentences of three years or longer.
On 10 January 2024, the lawyer of Mohammad Habibi announced that the human rights defender has been charged by the Shahryar Revolutionary Court with “gathering and colluding against the national security” after publishing social media posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, protesting against the poisoning of school children in Iran.
On 4 February 2024, the Linyi Municipal Intermediate People’s Court in Shandong province convicted woman human rights defender Li Qiaochu for “inciting subversion of State power” and sentenced her to three years and eight months in prison, to be followed by two years of “deprivation of political rights”.
On 13 June 2023, family members met human rights defender Cheng Yuan at the Chishan Prison in the Hunan province. Cheng Yuan said he was subjected to corporal punishment and other ill-treatment when he was placed in a high-security ward of the prison between January and April 2022.
تشعر أسرة المدافعة عن حقوق الإنسان ، لجين الهذلول ، بقلق متزايد على سلامتها لأنها لم تسمع عنها منذ أسبوعين. وقد دفعهم ذلك إلى القلق بشأن صحتها ومكان وجودها. يصادف مايو 2020 مرور عامين على الاعتقال التعسفي للمدافعة عن حقوق الإنسان لجين الهذلول
في 12 فبراير 2020 ، عُرضت المدافعة عن حقوق الإنسان ، لجين الهذلول ، أمام المحكمة الجزائية المتخصصة في الرياض. قبل الجلسة الثانية لقضيتها ، كانت محتجزة في الحبس الانفرادي لمدة 287 يومًا.
On 25 November 2022, the Pervomaisky District Court of the City of Bishkek fined woman human rights defender Aziza Abdirasulova. The Court found woman human rights defender guilty for exhibiting disobedience to the lawful demand of an employee of the internal affairs bodies, a violation envisioned by the Article 128 of the Code of Offenses of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Aziza Abdirasulova was violently detained while monitoring a peaceful protest in Bishkek on 15 November 2022.
بين أواخر أبريل وأوائل مايو 2020 ، تعرض العديد من المدافعين و المدافعات عن حقوق الإنسان في المغرب للاحتجاز الاحتياطي نتيجة لمشاركاتهم مشاركتهن على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي ، حول حقوق الإنسان ورد السلطات المغربية خلال أزمة انتشار مرض كوفيد19. تعتقد فرونت لاين ديفندرز أن احتجاز عبد الفتاح بوشيخي وعمر ناجي وسهام المقريني هو نمط مقلق و قد يصبح رسميًا إذا ما تم تمرير مشروع القانون رقم 22-20 ، الذي سيقيد القدرة على الدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي .
بين أواخر أبريل وأوائل مايو 2020 ، تعرض العديد من المدافعين و المدافعات عن حقوق الإنسان في المغرب للاحتجاز الاحتياطي نتيجة لمشاركاتهم مشاركتهن على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي ، حول حقوق الإنسان ورد السلطات المغربية خلال أزمة انتشار مرض كوفيد19. تعتقد فرونت لاين ديفندرز أن احتجاز عبد الفتاح بوشيخي وعمر ناجي وسهام المقريني هو نمط مقلق و قد يصبح رسميًا إذا ما تم تمرير مشروع القانون رقم 22-20 ، الذي سيقيد القدرة على الدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي .
Human rights defender Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) (real name: Yang Maodong 杨茂东) has been on hunger strike in prison and his health has severely deteriorated. When his family visited him in early September at the Sihui Prison in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, the human rights defender looked severely emaciated, extremely pale, and weighed around 40kg, down significantly from his normal weight of approximately 70kg.
On 17 January 2024, Atekeh Rajabi was released from Vakilabad prison in Mashhad after having served two months of a six-month prison sentence.
On 25 November 2023, Atekeh Rajabi began a six-month sentence in Vakilabad prison in Mashhad, in the Central Khorasan province in Iran. This corresponds to a summons from the implementation department of Branch 21 of Mashhad Criminal and Revolutionary court received by the human rights defender on 15 November 2023.
According to the Telegram channel of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Associations (ITTA), at least fifteen teachers’ rights defenders and members of the ITTA, including human rights defenders Mohmmad Habibi, Jafar Ebrahimi, and Rasoul Bodaghi have remained arbitrarily detained since 30 April 2022. In the early hours of the morning of 30 April 2022, the human rights defenders were arrested, subjected to physical violence, house raids and had their electronic devices confiscated.