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 31 October 2022, the Pieršamajski District Court in Minsk, Belarus sentenced woman human rights defender Nasta Loika under “petty hooliganism” charges under Article 19.1 of the Code of Administrative Offences to 15 days of administrative arrest. What prompted the charge was not reported. Prior to this sentence, on 28 October 2022, Nasta Loika was arbitrarily detained by security forces in Minsk, allegedly, for extremism charges. This was the third time the woman human rights defender was sentenced on the same charge since September 2022.

Украинская правозащитница и журналистка Виктория Рощина насильственно исчезла в августе 2023 года, когда ехала через Россию на оккупированные Россией территории Украины для проведения журналистского расследования о гражданском населении этих регионов, которое страдает от войны.

On 5 September 2024, woman human rights defender Hortensia Telésforo Jiménez was verbally attacked during a protest alongside members of the originary community of San Gregorio Atlapulco, located in the Xochimilco district of Mexico City (CDMX). The protest was organized in her support as a human rights defender, who had been summoned for a hearing at the Prosecutor’s office regarding a potential case of criminalization against her.

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 11 November 2022, Bishkek City Court rejected the appeal to change the interim measure from detention to house arrest for woman human rights defenders Klara Sooronkulova and Asya Sasykbayeva. The same occurred on 10 November 2022 for woman human rights defender Rita Karasartova, and on 9 November 2022 for woman human rights defender Gulnara Dzhurabayeva.

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 6 June 2023, the Tbilisi City Court started to review the case of the human rights defender and lawyer Eduard Marikashvili. The human rights defender is accused of hooliganism and disobedience of a legal order from the police. Eduard Marikashvili is on trial for participating in a peaceful public protest on 2 June 2023, where he was arbirtrarily arrested and detained for 48 hours. The human rights defender intends to file a complaint concerning the violation of his right to freedom of assembly, his unlawful detention and the extension of this detention.

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.