On 11 June 2025, Sepideh Gholian was released from Evin prison. The woman human rights defender had served a two-year prison sentence on the charge of “insulting the supreme leader.”
On 5 May 2025, Belarusian authorities added the Instagram page Let Nasta Go (@let_nasta_go) to the Republican List of Extremist Content. The page is dedicated to sharing information regarding Belarusian woman human rights defender Nasta Loika, who is serving her sentence in the Homel Penal Colony #4 in Belarus. The page is managed by colleagues and friends of Nasta Loika.
On 24 April 2025, the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior reported, and the Prosecutor’s General Office of Ukraine confirmed that one of the bodies repatriated to Ukraine from Russia in February 2025 was the body of woman human rights defender Victoria Roshchyna. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, a DNA test confirmed, with a probability of over 99%, the identity of the deceased as that of Victoria Roshchyna, and a forensic medical examination revealed numerous signs of torture and ill-treatment on her body.
El 5 de septiembre de 2024, la defensora de derechos humanos Hortensia Telésforo Jiménez fue atacada verbalmente junto a integrantes del pueblo originario de San Gregorio Atlapulco, de la delegación Xochimilco, CDMX mientras realizaban una protesta pacífica. La protesta se dio en apoyo a la defensora, quien había sido citada a presentarse ante la fiscalía en el marco de la apertura de un posible caso de criminalización en su contra.
On 1 September 2024, Algerian human rights defenders Kamira Nait Sid and Slimane Bouhafs were released from prison. The human rights defenders spent a three-year prison sentence on charges of “belonging to a terrorist organisation”; “receiving funds from abroad for the purpose of political propaganda”, “hate speech and discrimination”, “use of technology to spread false information”, and “conspiracy”, among others.
On 1 September 2024, Algerian human rights defenders Kamira Nait Sid and Slimane Bouhafs were released from prison. The human rights defenders spent a three-year prison sentence on charges of “belonging to a terrorist organisation”; “receiving funds from abroad for the purpose of political propaganda”, “hate speech and discrimination”, “use of technology to spread false information”, and “conspiracy”, among others.
On 12 July 2024, the General prosecutor's office in Kyrgyzstan filed a second appeal against the Pervomaiskyi District Court's decision from 14 June 2024 on the Kempir-Abad case.
On 21 November 2023, the Khatai District Court in Baku placed human rights defender and journalist Ulvi Hasanli, and woman human rights defender and journalist Sevinc Vaqifqizi, in pre-trial detention for 4 months. The human rights defenders are being investigated for “conspiring to bring money into the country unlawfully,” a criminal offence articulated in Article 206.3.2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. If charged, they face up to eight years in prison.
On 23 October 2023, the Tbilisi City Court published a justification regarding its judgment against human rights defender and lawyer Eduard Marikashvilli concerning his participation in a peaceful public protest on 2 June 2023.
On 11 October 2023, woman human rights defender and journalist Samira Sabou was provisionally released from prison. She was secretly held by the judicial police for 8 days, from 30 September to 7 October, at which point her whereabouts were finally disclosed. On 30 September 2023, woman human rights defender Samira Sabou was abducted from her mother’s house at around 5h30 PM by three unidentified man. The disappearance was reported to the judicial police the following day.
