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On the evening of 16 March 2021, woman human rights defender Atena Daemi was transferred from Evin Prison to Lakan Prison in Rasht, northern Iran. She had been serving her sentence in the women's ward of Evin Prison since December 2016, during which time she was not granted any leave of absence. No explanation for the transfer was given.

On 25 February 2021, the Supreme Court in Iran rejected the request for a retrial of woman human rights defender Atena Daemi.

On 9 August 2023, the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), an intelligence agency operating under the Bangladesh Bank, requested all banks of Bangladesh to provide account details of human rights defender Zillur Rahman and the Centre for Governance Studies.

On 9 December 2020, the Court of First Instance of Yaounde administrative centre postponed the hearing of human rights defenders Jean Marc Bikoko, Agnès Adelaide Metougou, Yves Ndjalla Epangue, Jessie Bikoko and Severin Le Juste Bikoko. Their hearing has already been adjourned over 30 times since their arrest on 15 September 2015.

On 29 December 2023, the Higher People’s Court in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Guangxi province upheld the Nanning Municipal Intermediate Court’s conviction and sentencing of human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei.

On 6 April 2024, woman human rights defender Hasti Amiri began serving a one-year prison sentence. Alongside human rights defender Zia Nabavi, they were charged with "propaganda activities against the state". This verdict was issued by Branch 26 of Tehran Revolutionary Court in June 2023 and confirmed by Branch 36 in October 2023. The charge stemmed from their advocacy in support of students’ rights and their protests against the poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran.

On 3 September 2023, the lawyer of human rights defenders Jafar Ebrahimi and Kamyar Fakour announced that they have been charged with “disturbing the public order” and “insulting the prison authorities” at Branch 3 of Evin prison court. Both human rights defenders were forcibly transferred to Qezel Hesar prison from Evin prison on the same day, as part of a group of at least ten prisoners.

On 2 September 2023, woman human rights defender and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir (Imaan Mazari) was granted bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Islamabad. Imaan Mazari had been jailed since 20 August 2023 on serious offences including sedition and offences under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The woman human rights defender was granted bail by the Anti-Terrorism Court on 28 August 2023, but was re-arrested a few hours later in a separate case, before finally being released on 2 September 2023.

On 10 January 2024, the lawyer of Mohammad Habibi announced that the human rights defender has been charged by the Shahryar Revolutionary Court with “gathering and colluding against the national security” after publishing social media posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, protesting against the poisoning of school children in Iran.

On 25 November 2022, the Pervomaisky District Court of the City of Bishkek fined woman human rights defender Aziza Abdirasulova. The Court found woman human rights defender guilty for exhibiting disobedience to the lawful demand of an employee of the internal affairs bodies, a violation envisioned by the Article 128 of the Code of Offenses of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Aziza Abdirasulova was violently detained while monitoring a peaceful protest in Bishkek on 15 November 2022.

On 4 September 2020, human rights defender Abdel Fattah Bouchikhi was released from prison after completing his four month sentence.

On 28 May 2020, the Court of First Instance of Jorf El Melha sentenced human rights defender Abdel Fattah Bouchikhi to four months' imprisonment. He is charged with defamation regarding a social media post he made in the context of COVID-19.

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.