Status: Awaiting Trial Chow Hang-tung 13 March 2025Hong Kong’s top Court rules in favour of woman human rights defender Chow Hang-tung Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
Status: Released Ali Alhajee 12 March 2025Human rights defender Ali Alhajee released from prison Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Bahrain
Status: Released Nimet Tanrıkulu 10 March 2025Nimet Tanrıkulu released from pre-trial detention Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #TÜRKİYE
Status: Acquitted Kaddour Chouicha 7 March 2025Human rights Defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha, and Jamila Loukil acquitted of all charges Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Acquitted Jamila Loukil 7 March 2025Human rights Defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha, and Jamila Loukil acquitted of all charges Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Acquitted Said Boudour 7 March 2025Human rights Defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha, and Jamila Loukil acquitted of all charges Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Released Mohad Gasmi 7 March 2025Human Rights Defender Mohad Gasmi Released from Prison Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Acquitted Maria Ressa 5 March 2025Court of Tax Appeals upholds the acquittal of woman human rights defender and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the news network Rappler on charges of tax evasion Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Released Samat Matsakov 4 March 2025Human rights defender and lawyer Samat Matsakov released from pre-trial detention Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Upcoming hearing Myrna “Micah” Cruz-Abraham 4 March 2025Woman human rights defender Myrna Cruz-Abraham pleads not guilty on ‘frustrated’ murder allegation Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Judicial harassment Sazzadur Rahman (Rakhal Raha) 4 March 2025Escalating death threats and legal persecution against human rights defender Sazzadur Rahman Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh