Status: Case dismissed SOS Balkanroute 21 July 2023Lawsuit against the human rights organisation SOS Balkanroute and its founder Petar Rosandić dismissed Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia
Status: Case dismissed Petar Rosandić 21 July 2023Lawsuit against the human rights organisation SOS Balkanroute and its founder Petar Rosandić dismissed Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia
Status: Attacked Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Georgia Tbilisi Pride 11 July 2023NGO Tbilisi Pride cancels Pride Festival following a violent attack by anti-LGBTIQ+ groups
Status: Attacked Elena Milashina 4 July 2023Human rights defenders Aleksandr Nemov and Elena Milashina attacked and severely beaten in Chechnya Violations #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Attacked Aleksandr Nemov 4 July 2023Human rights defenders Aleksandr Nemov and Elena Milashina attacked and severely beaten in Chechnya Violations #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Listed as "undesirable" Agora 27 June 2023Russia: International human rights group Agora listed as “undesirable organisation” Violations #Smear Campaign Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Hospitalised Emir Usein Kuku 26 June 2023Crimea (Ukraine): Imprisoned Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku urgently hospitalised and underwent surgery Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Crimea #Ukraine
Status: Smear campaign The Belarusian Association of Journalists 21 June 2023Belarusian Association of Journalists’ website, social media and logo declared “extremist” Violations #Smear Campaign #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Belarus
Status: Fined Abdureshit Dzhepparov 16 June 2023Crimea (Ukraine): Abdureshit Dzhepparov fined for alleged “discrediting of Russian army” Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Crimea #Ukraine
Status: Acquitted Günal Kurşun 7 June 2023Turkey: Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #TÜRKİYE
Status: Acquitted Taner Kılıç 7 June 2023Four human rights defenders acquitted six years after their arrest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #TÜRKİYE