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On 8 June 2023, human rights lawyer Chang Weiping (常玮平) was found guilty of “subversion of State power” and sentenced to three years and six months in prison. On 2 December 2022, the Baoji Municipal Intermediate People’s Court informed the family of detained human rights lawyer Chang Weiping that the Supreme People’s Court has again approved the extension of the deadline for announcing a verdict to 7 January 2023. Chang Weiping was tried behind closed-doors on 26 July 2022.

On 23 March 2021, the Constitutional Court of Turkey found the pre-trial detention of woman human rights defender Özlem Dalkiran from July to October 2017 to be unlawful, and ruled that her right to personal liberty and security, provided for under Article 19/3 of the Constitution, had been violated. The Court ruled that the woman human rights defender be granted 40,000 TL (approx. €4,300) in compensation, for non-pecuniary damages. Özlem Dalkiran is currently on trial in a case publicly known as the Büyükada case, or the Istanbul10.

On 12 May 2021, several masked Moroccan security agents raided the home of woman human rights defender Sultana Khaya, and sexually assaulted her and her sister. This was the second raid on her house in 48 hours. On 10 May 2021, several Moroccan plain-clothed security agents raided Sultana Khaya’s home in Boujdour, and physically assaulted her. The security agents also detained human rights defender Babuizid Muhammed Saaed Labhi and two student activists who were staying in her house. Sultana Khaya has been under de facto house arrest since 19 November 2020.

On 22 August 2021, Moroccan security agents raided the house of woman human rights defender Sultana Khaya and physically assaulted her, her sister Laura Khaya and other members of her family. The security agents destroyed the furniture in Sultana Khaya’s house, causing damage to parts of the house and seizing the family’s belongings. Sultana Khaya and her sister were also subjected to sexual harassment by male security agents during the raid.

On 18 March 2020, Camila Bustamante Álvarez was targeted with a series of online threats and misogynistic attacks coordinated by a group of unidentified men, in reprisal for her advocacy for the right to water.

Since late January 2020, woman human rights defender Rania Amdouni has been targeted with death threats and an intensified smear campaign linked to her peaceful human rights work.

On 8 February 2023, Alieh Mottaleb Zadeh 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 15 June 2020, members of Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad Oaxaca (Consorcio Oaxaca) found a cardboard sign with a death threat written on it and a black bag filled with pieces of meat, outside the organization’s office door.

The trial of 14 police officers implicated in acts of violence against human rights defenders, protesters and journalists during protests on 9 November 2020, began on 4 May 2021. The police officers are facing charges for their use of violence against human rights defenders, journalists and peaceful protesters during the protest against femicide and gender based violence.

On 17 February 2024, woman human right defender Sepideh Rashnu was summoned to prison as an initial procedure before she starts serving a three year and eleven months imprisonment sentence. The sentence was upheld on 22 November 2023 by The Tehran Revolutionary Court for three years and seven months on charges of "gathering and colluding against the national security" and four months undertaking "propaganda against state."