Front Line Defenders

Global Analysis 2024/25

Front Line Defenders launched its Global Analysis 2024/25 on the situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) at risk around the world, an in-depth annual publication detailing the variety of risks, threats and attacks faced by HRDs around the world.

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Cases
Status: 
Released pending retrial
Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy
27 March 2026
Court releases Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy ahead of retrial
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
#Arbitrary detention
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Kyrgyzstan
Status: 
Escalation of threats
Rolando Silva Andrade
26 March 2026
Mexico: Escalation of threats against the Agua Fría Community in Michoacán and human rights defender Rolando Silva Andrade
Violations 
#Enforced Disappearance
#Violence
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Region: Americas
#Mexico
Status: 
Escalation of threats
Agua Fría Community
26 March 2026
Mexico: Escalation of threats against the Agua Fría Community in Michoacán and human rights defender Rolando Silva Andrade
Violations 
#Enforced Disappearance
#Violence
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Region: Americas
#Mexico
Status: 
Judicial Harassment
Pia Perricci
24 March 2026
WHRD Pia Perricci faces SLAPP case by Marche Multiservizi S.p.A.
Violations 
#Reprisals
#Defamation
#Judicial Harassment
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Italy
Status: 
Released
Maria Rabkova
23 March 2026
Belarusian human rights defenders Nasta Loika, Marfa Rabkova, and Valiantsin Stefanovich pardoned and deported to Lithuania
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Belarus
Status: 
Released
Valiantsin Stefanovich
23 March 2026
Belarusian human rights defenders Nasta Loika, Marfa Rabkova, and Valiantsin Stefanovich pardoned and deported to Lithuania
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
#Arbitrary detention
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Belarus
Status: 
Released
Nasta Loika
23 March 2026
Belarusian human rights defenders Nasta Loika, Marfa Rabkova, and Valiantsin Stefanovich pardoned and deported to Lithuania
Violations 
#Reprisals
#Judicial Harassment
#Arbitrary detention
#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment
#Torture / Ill-Treatment
Location 
#Region: Europe and Central Asia
#Belarus
Status: 
Temporarily Released
Sharifeh Mohammadi
23 March 2026
Sharifeh Mohammadi temporarily released from prison
Violations 
#Judicial Harassment
#Threats / Intimidation
Location 
#Region: Middle East and North Africa
#Iran
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