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Cases

Attacks and Killings

Guardia Indigéna de Cauca

28 January 2022

Concern at continued armed attacks against Nasa Las Delicias communities and the murder of three indigenous human rights defenders.

#Physical Attack

Tried in Secret

Wu Gejianxiong (吴葛健雄)

27 January 2022

Human rights defender Wu Gejianxiong transferred to Chishan Prison

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Asia Pacific

Cheng Yuan

Cheng Yuan (程渊)

27 January 2022

Human rights defender Cheng Yuan transferred to Chishan Prison

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Asia Pacific

Comité Municipal de Defensa de los Bienes Comunes y Públicos (CMDBCP)

26 January 2022

New acts of surveillance, harassment and threats against people accompanying and supporting defenders of Guapinol

#Other Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Americas

Sentence increased

Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi

26 January 2022

Narges Mohammadi sentenced to an additional eight years of prison

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Torture / Ill-Treatment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

Mother Abducted

Abubakar Yangulbayev

24 January 2022

HRDs Sergey Babinets, Oleg Khabibrakhmanov and WHRD attorney Natalia Dobronravova attacked, mother of HRD Abubakar Yangulbaev abducted

#Enforced Disappearance

#Physical Attack

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Russian Federation

Natalia Dobronravova

24 January 2022

HRDs Sergey Babinets, Oleg Khabibrakhmanov and WHRD attorney Natalia Dobronravova attacked, mother of HRD Abubakar Yangulbaev abducted

#Enforced Disappearance

#Physical Attack

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Russian Federation

Sergey Babinets

24 January 2022

HRDs attacked, mother of human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbaev abducted

#Enforced Disappearance

#Judicial Harassment

#Torture / Ill-Treatment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Russian Federation

24 January 2022

Russia's Courts order the closure of Russia’s International Memorial and Human Rights Center “Memorial”

#Other Harassment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Russian Federation

Arrest/Assault/Detention

Narges Mohammadi

Narges Mohammadi

21 January 2022

Narges Mohammadi transferred to Qarchak prison after two months of incommunicado

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

Narendra Mohanty

19 January 2022

Human rights defender Narendra Mohanty arrested due to his support for local villagers protesting against the destruction of their plantations

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

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