Status: Shut Down Order Man and the Law 30 August 2023Human rights organisation Man and the Law shut down by court order Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Russian Federation
Status: Facing Harassment Maidul Islam 30 August 2023Academic activist and human rights defender Maidul Islam facing harassment from the Chittagong University for exercising freedom of expression Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Judicial Harassment Delsoz Khalaf 25 August 2023Woman human rights defender Delsoz Khalaf facing two court cases Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq
Status: Attacked Right Side 25 August 2023Attack against Right Side’s vigil held in memory of a murdered transgender woman in Yerevan Violations #Other Harassment #Violence #Physical Attack Location #Armenia
Status: Denied Amnesty Kamyar Fakour 24 August 2023Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour denied amnesty Violations #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Denied Amnesty Sarvenaz Ahmadi 24 August 2023Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour denied amnesty Violations #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Organisation Closure SOVA Centre 22 August 2023Decision to shut down Sova Centre upheld by the Court of Appeals Violations #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Judicial Harassment Human Rights Centre 'Viasna' 21 August 2023Homiel branch of human rights organisation Viasna labelled as extremist organisation Violations #Defamation #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Belarus
Status: Attacked Kenneth Thethe 18 August 2023Violent attack against LGBTIQ+ rights defender Kenneth Thethe Violations #Verbal Abuse #Violence #Physical Attack Location #Region: Africa #Kenya
Status: Hospitalised Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja 17 August 2023Human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja in imminent danger of losing his life Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Bahrain
Status: Attempted Killing Siti Kasim 11 August 2023Attempted killing of human rights defender, lawyer and LGBTIQ+ activist Siti Zabedah Kasim Violations #Attempted Killing/Assassination Location #Malaysia