Status: Released Ali Alhajee 12 March 2025Human rights defender Ali Alhajee released from prison Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Bahrain
Status: Released Mohad Gasmi 7 March 2025Human Rights Defender Mohad Gasmi Released from Prison Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Upcoming hearing Myrna “Micah” Cruz-Abraham 4 March 2025Woman human rights defender Myrna Cruz-Abraham pleads not guilty on ‘frustrated’ murder allegation Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Released Samat Matsakov 4 March 2025Human rights defender and lawyer Samat Matsakov released from pre-trial detention Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Arbitrary detention Ringrong Mro 25 February 2025Indigenous land rights defender Ringrong Mro arbitrarily detained in Bandarban District Jail on trumped-up charges Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Tortured Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya 13 February 2025Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya subjected to torture and ill-treatment in Israeli prisons Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Arbitrary detention #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: Abducted Yambem Laba 11 February 2025Human rights defender Yambem Laba abducted by an armed group in Manipur Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
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: Arrested Extinction Rebellion 7 February 2025Unwarranted arrest, ill-treatment and gendered abuse of human rights defenders by Italian police in Brescia Violations #Arbitrary detention #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Global
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: Sentenced in absentia Leila Hossein Zadeh 21 November 2024Leila Hossein Zadeh sentenced arbitrarily in absentia Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran