Status: Sentenced Sepideh Gholian 17 May 2023Sepideh Gholian sentenced to two years in prison for chanting a slogan against the Supreme Leader Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Detained Jina Modares Gorji 16 May 2023Jina Modaress Gorji denied access to a lawyer after one month of arbitrary detention Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Judicial Harassment Nizar Saghieh 28 April 2023Bar associations are retaliating against critical Lebanese human rights lawyers Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Lebanon
Status: Judicial Harassment Yasser Al-Hamdani 28 April 2023Judicial harassment of HRD Yasser Al-Hamdani Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq
Status: Released Yasir Mirghani 21 April 2023Human rights defender Yasir Mirghani released on personal guarantee Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Sudan
Status: Sentenced Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee 14 April 2023Golrokh Iraee sentenced to six years in prison for her advocacy around the protests which began in September 2022 Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Organisation dissolved Mohannad Karajah 5 April 2023 Human rights group Lawyers for Justice is being forcibly terminated by authorities Violations #Defamation #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: Dissolution Lawyers for Justice 5 April 2023Human rights group Lawyers for Justice is being forcibly terminated by authorities Violations #Defamation #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: Re-arrested Sepideh Gholian 21 March 2023Sepideh Gholian rearrested violently four hours after being released from prison Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Released Yasaman Aryani 28 February 2023Yasaman Aryani was released from Kachuei prison Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft #COVID-19 Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Sentenced Rida Benotmane 17 February 2023Rida Benotmane’s lawyer calls for review of procedural errors on his 3-year sentence Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Morocco