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On 1 August 2024, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld a 13-years and 9-months imprisonment sentence against human rights defender and lawyer Bakhrom Khamroev. The court session took place with Bakhrom Khamroev participating remotely via videoconference from Vladimir Region Maximum Security Prison (Vladimirskiy Central Prison) in the Vladimir Region of Russia. In February 2024, it was reported that Bakhrom Khamroev faced harassment and physical violence in prison.

On 31 January 2021, six human rights defenders and members of the Committee Against Torture, Timur Rahmatulin, Konstantin Gusev, Magomed Alamov, Sergey Shunin, Ekaterina Vanslova and Igor Kalyapin were detained while monitoring the protests in support of Alexei Navalny in Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg and Pyatigorsk. On 23 January, another member of the Committee Against Torture, Evgeniy Chilikov was detained.

On 8 July 2024, Leninsky District Court in the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia, placed human rights defender Aleksei Sokolov under pre-trial detention until 1 September 2024. The human rights defender is being accused of “repeated demonstration of extremist symbols”, a criminal offence envisioned by part 1 of Article 282.4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Particularly, he is being targeted for posting links to Facebook on his Telegram channel; in 2022, the Russian Federation listed Meta, including Facebook and Instagram, as an extremist organization.

On 17 June 2024, the Drogomilov District Court of Moscow, Russia, arrested human rights defenders and journalists Roman Anin and Ekaterina Fomina in absentia. Their arrest was prompted by the charges in the alleged crime of spreading so-called “fake information” about the actions of Russian military personnel in Ukraine. The Court has issued an arrest warrant for both human rights defenders.

On 1 August 2024, Bronislav Danylovych, the father of imprisonment woman human rights defender and journalist Iryna Danylovych, passed away at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer. Bronislav Danylovych was a main force in advocating for his daughter’s release and was dedicated to the cause of human rights.

On 1 August 2024, a woman human rights defender, journalist and the editor of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty Alsu Kurmasheva was released from detention as part of a significant prisoner exchange between Russia and Germany, Norway, Poland, Slovenia and the US.

On 12 September 2023, the Supreme Court rejected a cassation complaint on the judgement against the investigative journalist Bolot Temirov. Earlier on 23 November 2022, the Bishkek City Court found Bolot Temirov guilty of document fraud and ruled to expel the journalist from the country and to deport him to Russia. The decision of the Bishkek City Court therefore remains in force.