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On 22 August 2023, Egyptian security forces arrested and harassed the father of human rights defender and journalist Ahmed Gamal Ziada near his workplace in Giza, Egypt. He was questioned about his son's work and charged with three counts, including belonging to a banned group.

On 11 November 2021, the International Historical and Human Rights Society ‘Memorial’ (International Memorial) received a notice from the Supreme Court of Russian Federation, stating that the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation filed a motion to permanently shut down the association citing systemic violation of the “foreign agents” law. The court hearing is scheduled for 25 November 2021.

On 13 April 2021, woman human rights defender Solafa Magdy and her husband Hossam Saiad were released from prison under precautionary measures. Solafa Magdy had been held in preventive detention since 26 November 2019. The State Public Prosecution accused her of ‘joining an illegal organisation’, ‘misuse of social media’ and ‘spreading false news’.

On 6 May 2022, woman human rights defender Volha Harbunova was sentenced to 3 years of detention without commitment to a penitentiary institution. The Savetski District Court of Minsk found the woman human rights defender guilty for “preparation of actions which gravely violate public order” under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of Republic of Belarus and sentenced her to 3 years of detention without committing WHRD to a penitentiary institution of any type.

On 18 July, the Public Prosecution Office ordered the release of Mahienour El-Masry on bail.

On 30 August 2020, woman human rights defender Ms. Mahienour El-Masry was interrogated at the Public Prosecution Office, accused of a second count of "joining an illegal organisation" as part of the recently opened case No. 855 of 2020.

On 5 May 2020, the Criminal Court of Cairo renewed the detention of woman human rights defender Mahienour El-Masry and human rights defenders Mohamed El-Baqer, Ibrahim Ezz El-Din, and Mohamed Ibrahim for an additional 45 days.

On 12 September 2023, human rights defender Nitin Varghese was granted bail by the sessions court in Burhanpur and was released on bail from Khandwa Jail in Madhya Pradesh after spending approximately two weeks in judicial custody. Nitin Varghese was remanded to judicial custody on 30 August 2023 after being falsely accused of instigating local community members to attack forest officials in March 2023.

On 4 May 2023, Ostankino District Court of the city of Moscow fined human rights defender Yan Dvorkin for violation of the so-called “LGBT propaganda” law. The Court ordered Yan Dvorkin to pay RUR 100,000. The human rights defender will appeal this decision.

On 8 April 2021, the detention of woman human rights defender Tanya Hatsura-Yavorska was extended for a further 10 days, while the charges pending against her remain unknown. On 5 April 2021, the woman human rights defender was detained following a search of her office and home, carried out by law enforcement officers on suspicion of “education or other preparation of persons for participation in group actions that grossly violate public order, as well as financing or other material support of such activities” under Part 3, Article 293 of the Criminal Code.

On 18 August 2022, the convener of the Inter University Student Federation (IUSF), Wasantha Mudalige, the convener of the Inter University Bhikku Federation (IUBF), Galwewa Siridhamma Thero and Hashan Jeewantha were arrested along with 17 other peaceful protesters during a protest in Colombo.

On 22 May 2018, fifteen pro-democracy human rights defenders, including Anon Nampa, Rangsiman Rome, Sirawith Seritiwat, Chonticha Jaengrew and Piyarat Chongthep, were arrested and charged with sedition, with violating the junta’s ban on political gatherings of five people or more, and under the Road Traffic Act for participating in peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations in Bangkok.

On 13 February 2023, Maryam Mohammadi was released from Evin prison. Since 4 February 2023, as part of a general amnesty announced by the Iranian judiciaryon the occasion of 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, hundreds of prisoners including human rights defenders have been released from prison.

On 21 August 2022, three women human rights defenders Akram Nasirian, Maryam Mohammadi and Esrin Derkale were transferred to Evin prison in Tehran to begin prison sentences. Together with Nahid Shaghaghi,the three women human rights defenders have been sentenced to two years and three months in prison because of their advocacy for women’s rights.