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On 5 April 2020, human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was released from a prison in Linyi, Shandong province, after completing his sentence. Upon Wang Quanzhang's release, the authorities did not allow him to return to Beijing where he had worked and lived with his wife, woman human rights defender Li Wenzu (李文足), and their son, before his arrest in 2015. Instead, he was taken back to his hometown Jinan, also in Shandong province, a city over 400km south of Beijing, for a 14-day "precautionary quarantine".

On 25 August 2017, the First District Court of Tlaxcala, in Mexico, confirmed the arrest warrants issued on 6 May 2014 for human rights defenders Juan Carlos Flores Solis, Adela Villalba Ramos, Eusebio Aguilar Torres, and Alejandro Torres Chocolatl for allegedly committing the crimes of ‘illegal deprivation of liberty with aggravated violence against a public servant’ and ‘belonging to a gang’.

On 9 June 2020, Nabeel Rajab was conditionally released from prison. The human rights defender had been imprisoned since June 2016. On 21 February 2018, the Criminal Court of Bahrain sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment, after he had already spent two years in prison regarding media interviews he gave in 2015 and 2016.

On 31 December 2018, the Bahraini Supreme Court upheld a 5-year sentence against Nabeel Rajab.

On 1 August 2024, Bronislav Danylovych, the father of imprisonment woman human rights defender and journalist Iryna Danylovych, passed away at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer. Bronislav Danylovych was a main force in advocating for his daughter’s release and was dedicated to the cause of human rights.

On 6 June 2017, Ofer Military Court dropped the charge of disturbing the soldiers and convicted him to 6 months in prison for participating in an illegal demonstration and entering a closed military zone. The Court suspended the sentence for one year. Mohammed Khatib's lawyer appealed this verdict.

On 8 September 2016, the Appeal Court confirmed the Seoul District Court's first decision, which indicted human rights defenders Mr. Lae-goon Park and Hye-jin Kim, in relation to their participation to a series of protests in solidarity with the Sewol ferry tragedy victims. On 22 January 2016, the court sentenced Mr. Lae-goon Park to three years in prison, with four years of probation and 160 hours of community service, and Ms. Hye-jin Kim to two years in prison, with three years of probation and 120 hours of community service.

On 8 September 2016, the Appeal Court confirmed the Seoul District Court's first decision, which indicted human rights defenders Mr. Lae-goon Park and Hye-jin Kim, in relation to their participation to a series of protests in solidarity with the Sewol ferry tragedy victims. On 22 January 2016, the court sentenced Mr. Lae-goon Park to three years in prison, with four years of probation and 160 hours of community service, and Ms. Hye-jin Kim to two years in prison, with three years of probation and 120 hours of community service.

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.

On 19 February 2025, Mohammad Habibi was released from Evin prison, after having served his sentence. The human rights defender, who began serving his six-month prison sentence in November 2024, had been imprisoned several times since 2018 for his human rights work, including his trade union activities.

On 11 November 2024, human rights defender Mohammad Habibi began serving his six-month prison sentence in Evin Prison.

On 26 March 2023, the Palestinian Ministry of National Economy informed the Palestinian human rights group Lawyers for Justice of their final decision to not renew the registration of their organisation as a civil company. According to the Ministry, the decision is based on a request from the Palestinian General Intelligence Service (GIS) to freeze the registration of the organisation.