Status: Judicial Harassment Leanid Sudalenka 22 March 2024 Leanid Sudalenka faces special poceedings while he is ordered to return to Belarus Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Belarus
Status: Re-trial Gezi Park Trial Human Rights Defenders 26 February 2024Three human rights defenders face retrial in the Gezi Park Case Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Turkey
Status: Targeted Emil Kurbedinov 20 February 2024Human rights defender and lawyer Emil Kurbedinov targeted for a social media post Violations #Reprisals #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Crimea #Ukraine
Status: Arrested Aqylbek Muratbai 16 February 2024Karakalpak human rights defender Aqylbek Muratbai arrested in Kazakhstan to be deported to Uzbekistan Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kazakhstan #Uzbekistan
Status: Charged Ieva Raubiško 16 February 2024Refugee rights defender charged for assisting Syrian asylum seekers at the Latvia-Belarus border Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia
Status: Pre-trial detention extended Alsu Kurmasheva 13 February 2024Alsu Kurmasheva’s pre-trial detention extended Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Ruled to shut down Kloop 13 February 2024Oktyabr’ District Court ruled to shut down Kloop Media Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Founding member targeted 8MarchKZ 9 February 2024Veronika Fonova targeted while protesting the ban of International Women’s Day Demonstration in Almaty Violations #Other Harassment #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kazakhstan
Status: Founding member targeted Veronika Fonova 9 February 2024Veronika Fonova targeted while protesting the ban of International Women’s Day Demonstration in Almaty Violations #Reprisals #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kazakhstan
Status: Judicial Harassment Hajrija Čobo 17 January 2024Woman Environmental Rights Defender Hajrija Čobo facing defamation lawsuit Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Bosnia Herzegovina
Status: Disciplinary Hearing Aleksey Ladin 2 January 2024Disciplinary proceedings launched against human rights defender and lawyer Aleksey Ladin Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Crimea #Russian Federation #Ukraine