On 7 July 2023, the Kyivskyi District Court of Simferopol in Russian-occupied Crimea fined Crimean Tatar human rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov RUB 45,000 (about EUR 330) for the administrative offence of so-called “discrediting the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation,” envisioned by Article 20.3.3 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offences. On 13 June 2023, the hearing on the administrative case against human rights defender Abdureshit Dzhepparov began in the Kyivskyi District Court in Simferopol in Russian-occupied Crimea.

On 30 May 2023, the Misdemeanor Court in Mosul acquitted human rights defender and journalist Yasser Al-Hamdani of the charges of ‘slander’ and ‘defamation’ against a government official in connection to his work on fighting corruption in Iraq. The Court ruled to dismiss the charges on the basis that there was not sufficient evidence to support the crime in accordance with Article 433 of the Iraqi Penal Code Law No. 111 of 1969.

El día 2 de junio de 2023, presuntos elementos de la Policía Ministerial del Estado de Puebla, acudieron a la localidad de Santa María Zacatepec, vestidos de civil, en cuatro vehículos no oficiales y sin placa de identificación, y peguntaron por la ubicación y domicilio personal del defensor de derechos humanos Alejandro Torres Chocolatl. Posteriormente, presuntos elementos de la Policía Ministerial también acudieron a la Radio Comunitaria Zacatepec, lugar de trabajo del defensor de derechos humanos, en su búsqueda.

On 6 June 2023, the Istanbul 35th Heavy Criminal Court acquitted four human rights defenders of all charges at the second hearing in the retrial of the Büyükada Case, also known as the #Istanbul10. The retrial took place after the Court of Cassation’s ruling to overturn the human rights defenders’ sentences on 22 November 2022.

On 6 June 2023, the Istanbul 35th Heavy Criminal Court acquitted four human rights defenders of all charges at the second hearing in the retrial of the Büyükada Case, also known as the #Istanbul10. The retrial took place after the Court of Cassation’s ruling to overturn the human rights defenders’ sentences on 22 November 2022.

On 6 June 2023, the Istanbul 35th Heavy Criminal Court acquitted four human rights defenders of all charges at the second hearing in the retrial of the Büyükada Case, also known as the #Istanbul10. The retrial took place after the Court of Cassation’s ruling to overturn the human rights defenders’ sentences on 22 November 2022.

On 6 June 2023, the Istanbul 35th Heavy Criminal Court acquitted four human rights defenders of all charges at the second hearing in the retrial of the Büyükada Case, also known as the #Istanbul10. The retrial took place after the Court of Cassation’s ruling to overturn the human rights defenders’ sentences on 22 November 2022.