Status: DetainedEsraa Abdel Fattah4 September 2020Detention of Esraa Abdel Fattah renewedViolations #Arbitrary detention#Torture / Ill-TreatmentLocation #Egypt
Status: DetainedMohsen Bahnasi1 September 2020HRD Mohsen Bahnasi releasedViolations #Arbitrary detention#COVID-19Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa#Egypt
Status: DetainedMahienour El-Masry1 September 2020Mahienour El-Masry under investigation in new caseViolations #Arbitrary detention#Arrest / Detention / ImprisonmentLocation #Egypt
Status: DeceasedPeople’s Law Office28 August 2020Human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik dies on hunger strikeViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detentionLocation #Region: Europe and Central Asia#Turkey
Status: HarassmentHala Khalid Abugroun26 August 2020Arbitrary detention of woman human rights defender Hala Khalid Abugroun Violations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detention#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment#Physical AttackLocation #Region: Middle East and North Africa#Sudan
Status: Charges droppedAmalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) 24 August 2020Charges dropped against ARTUZ HRDsViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detention#Questioning / InterrogationLocation #Region: Africa#Zimbabwe
Status: ReleasedMahmoud Nawajaa21 August 2020Mahmoud Nawajaa releasedViolations #Arbitrary detentionLocation #Region: Middle East and North Africa#Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: DetainedMuhammad Al-Zughair18 August 2020Administrative detention of HRD Muhammad Al-Zughair renewedViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detention#COVID-19Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa#Occupied Palestinian Territory
Status: Charges droppedGeorge Makoni 18 August 2020Charges dropped against seven HRDsViolations #Judicial Harassment#Arbitrary detention#Questioning / InterrogationLocation #Region: Africa#Zimbabwe
Status: ImprisonedJafar Azimzadeh17 August 2020Jafar Azimzadeh transferred to hospital in critical conditionViolations #Arbitrary detention#COVID-19Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa#Iran
Status: Released on bailFayez Swaity30 July 2020Jihad Abdo and Fayez Swaity released on bailViolations #Arbitrary detentionLocation #Occupied Palestinian Territory