Status: Acquitted David Hernández Salazar 19 July 2023Criminal proceedings against human rights defender David Hernández Salazar, member of the Assembly of Indigenous Peoples of the Isthmus in Defence of Land and Territory (APIIDTT) Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Americas #Mexico
Status: Sentence confirmed Slimane Bouhafs 18 July 2023Algeria: Court of appeal confirms the three-year prison sentence of human rights defenders Slimane Bouhafs and Kamira Nait Sid Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Algeria
Status: Sentence confirmed Kamira Nait Sid 18 July 2023Court of appeal confirms the three-year prison sentence of human rights defenders Slimane Bouhafs and Kamira Nait Sid Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Sentenced Sepideh Gholian 14 July 2023Sepideh Gholian sentenced to an additional fifteen months in prison Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Attacked Location #Region: Africa #Zimbabwe Obey Shava 13 July 2023Human rights defender and lawyer Obey Shava attacked
Status: Attacked Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Georgia Tbilisi Pride 11 July 2023NGO Tbilisi Pride cancels Pride Festival following a violent attack by anti-LGBTIQ+ groups
Status: Killed Shahidul Islam 6 July 2023Human rights defender and union leader Shahidul Islam killed in an attack in Gazipur Violations #Killing #Physical Attack Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Attacked Elena Milashina 4 July 2023Human rights defenders Aleksandr Nemov and Elena Milashina attacked and severely beaten in Chechnya Violations #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Attacked Aleksandr Nemov 4 July 2023Human rights defenders Aleksandr Nemov and Elena Milashina attacked and severely beaten in Chechnya Violations #Physical Attack Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Listed as "undesirable" Agora 27 June 2023Russia: International human rights group Agora listed as “undesirable organisation” Violations #Smear Campaign Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Russian Federation
Status: Hospitalised Emir Usein Kuku 26 June 2023Crimea (Ukraine): Imprisoned Crimean Tatar human rights defender Emir-Usein Kuku urgently hospitalised and underwent surgery Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Crimea #Ukraine