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On 3 June 2022, the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) released woman human rights defender Shatha Odeh from prison after spending 11 months in Israeli prisons following her arrest on 7 July 2021. After finishing two-thirds of her sentence in Damon prison near Haifa, Israel, the Ofer Military Court approved an early release request by the woman human rights defender’s lawyer.

On 5 September 2022, Human rights defenders Said Boudour, Kaddour Chouicha and Jamila Loukil were summoned to appear for investigation on Wednesday 7 September 2022 at 9:30 am.

On 8 December 2021, the Kirov District Court of the Republic of Crimea ruled in favour of the sentencing of human rights defender Mustafa Seidaliev to 10 days detention. The Court found the human rights defender guilty of “production and publication of extremist data” (Article 20.29 of the Code of Civic Conduct) and “propaganda of prohibited symbols” (Article 20.3.1 of the Code of Civic Conduct) in relation to his social media posts published in 2012.

On 22 December 2020, five human rights defenders and members of the Belarus Press Club, Yulia Slutskaya, Sergey Olshevskiy, Alla Sharko, Sergey Yakupov and Petr Slutsky were detained in Minsk. They were all questioned by the Department of Financial Investigations on the suspicion of tax evasion. Sergey Yakupov was later released from the pre-trial detention centre and was deported to Russia on 31 December 2020. The four other human rights defenders were indicted and remain in detention.

On 22 February 2023, Behnam Mosivand was released from Rajaie Shahr prison after serving two years and eight months. 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 15 September 2020, the 16th Panel Chamber of the Court of Cassation handed down its ruling in the case of 18 human rights lawyers from the People's Law Office.

On 1 March 2022, human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was released from Nanjing Prison after completing a four-year sentence. He traveled back to Beijing immediately and reunited with his wife Xu Yan.

On 9 May 2021, imprisoned human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng received a visit from his wife, Xu Yan, and their son at the Nanjing Prison. This is the first time the human rights defender has been allowed to meet with his son since he was detained in January 2018.

Journalist and human rights defender Siddique Kappan remains incarcerated as of 15 December 2022, under money laundering charges. In September 2022, the human rights defender was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India in the case against him under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

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 8 July 2024, human rights lawyer Chang Weiping completed a three-and-a-half-year sentence at Weinan Prison in Shaanxi province. Prison officials then escorted him to Haikou city in Hainan province, where his household registration (hukou) is officially located.

On 9 December 2023, Chhattisgarh police arrested four human rights defenders: Lakhma Koram, Ranu Podyam, Shankar Kashyap, and Samlu Koram. The arrests were due to their peaceful campaigns against human rights violations, militarization, and the forcible acquisition of land for corporate interests in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh. Since then, the human rights defenders have been detained in Jagdalpur Jail in Chhattisgarh.