Status: Pre-trial Detention Extended Grigory Melkonyants 4 September 2024Grigory Melkonyants’ pre-trial detention extended until October 2024 Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Released Slimane Bouhafs 3 September 2024 Human rights defenders Kamira Nait Sid and Slimane Bouhafs released from prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Algeria
Status: Released Kamira Nait Sid 3 September 2024Human rights defenders Kamira Nait Sid and Slimane Bouhafs released from prison Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Judicial Harrassment Soma Pourmohammadi 28 August 2024Soma Pourmohammadi acquitted of "forming groups" charge Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Acquitted Rozina Islam 26 August 2024Journalist and woman human rights defender Rozina Islam acquitted after three years and three months Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Awaiting Retrial Jevđenij Julijan Dimitrijević 26 August 2024Three environmental human rights defenders sentenced to prison hours after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Serbia
Status: Awaiting Retrial Nikola Ristić 26 August 2024Three environmental human rights defenders sentenced to prison hours after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Serbia
Status: Awaiting Retrial Ivan Bijelić 26 August 2024Three environmental human rights defenders sentenced to prison hours after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Serbia
Status: Ruled to shut down Kloop 23 August 2024Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan upholds decision to shut down Kloop Media Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Sentenced Iryna Horobtsova 22 August 2024Woman human rights defender Iryna Horobtsova sentenced to 10.5 years in penal colony Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ukraine
Status: Judicial Harassment Ajimuddin Sarkar 21 August 2024Human rights defender Ajimuddin Sarkar facing threats and judicial harassment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India