Status: Arbitrary detention Mario Gómez López 7 February 2025Arbitrary detention and criminalisation of indigenous maya Tsotsil defender Mario Gómez López Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Status: Imprisoned Zia Nabavi 6 February 2025Zia Nabavi’s one-year additional prison sentence from 2021 to come into effect Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Released Ismail Lghazaoui 5 February 2025Ismail Lghazaoui released from prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Morocco
Status: Released Forough Samienia 5 February 2025Forough Samienia released conditionally from prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Released Diala Ayesh 31 January 2025Diala Ayesh released from prison Violations #Verbal Abuse #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: Imprisoned Mohammad Reza Faghihi 30 January 2025Mohammad Reza Faghihi begins serving five-year prison sentence Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Threats Néstor Caicedo 20 January 2025New threats against human rights and nature defender Néstor Caicedo Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Americas #Ecuador
Status: On trial Sunčica Kovačević 13 January 2025First hearing in SLAPP case against environmental rights defender Sunčica Kovačević Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Bosnia Herzegovina
Status: Conditional release Sarvenaz Ahmadi 9 January 2025Sarvenaz Ahmadi conditionally released from prison Violations #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Forced into exile Adam H. 9 January 2025Human rights defender Adam H. forced into exile Violations #Other Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Africa #Somalia
Status: Forced into exile Shadia Cabdi 9 January 2025Woman human rights defender Shadia Cabdi forced into exile Violations #Other Harassment #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Africa #Somalia