Status: On trial Eimear Walshe 2 March 2026Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ireland
Status: On trial Aindriú de Buitléir 2 March 2026Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ireland
Status: On trial Áine Treanor 2 March 2026Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ireland
Status: Killed Yanar Mohammed 2 March 2026Iraq: Killing of Woman Human Rights Defender and Feminist Yanar Mohammed Violations #Surveillance #Killing #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq
Status: Acquitted Enes Hocaoğulları 2 March 2026Türkiye: Youth and LGBTQI+ rights defender Enes Hocaoğulları acquitted of all charges Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: On trial Defne Güzel 2 March 2026Judicial harassment of LGBTQI+ rights defender Defne Güzel Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Released Ahmed Souab 24 February 2026Tunisia: Tunis Court of Appeal decides to release human rights defender, lawyer, and former judge Ahmed Souab Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Tunisia
Status: Charged Aida Seif El-Dawla 17 February 2026Egypt: Charges and heavy bail against Aida Seif El-Dawla amid increasing pressure on human rights defenders in Egypt Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Egypt
Status: Ongoing criminalisation Fabián Antúnez Camacho 16 February 2026Peru: Ongoing criminalisation of Asháninka human rights defender Fabián Antúnez Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Americas #Peru
Status: Acquitted Athanasios (Nassos) Karakitsos 6 February 2026Greece: Court Acquits Seán Binder, Athanasios (Nassos) Karakitsos, and 22 Other Human Rights Defenders of All Felony Charges Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Greece
Status: Acquitted Seán Binder 6 February 2026Greece: Court Acquits Seán Binder, Athanasios (Nassos) Karakitsos, and 22 Other Human Rights Defenders of All Felony Charges Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Greece #Ireland
