Status: Released Aqylbek Muratbai 18 February 2025Human Rights Defender Aqylbek Muratbai released from detention Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kazakhstan #Uzbekistan
Status: Sentence overturned Justyna Wydrzyńska 17 February 2025Woman human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska’s sentence overturned by Court of Appeal Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Poland
Status: Hearing postponed Doros Polykarpou 12 February 2025Human rights defender Doros Polykarpou’s hearing postponed for the fourth time Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Cyprus
Status: On trial Sunčica Kovačević 13 January 2025First hearing in SLAPP case against environmental rights defender Sunčica Kovačević Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Bosnia Herzegovina
Status: Questioned Sanja Vasković 5 November 2024Human rights journalist faces defamation lawsuit for exposing corruption Violations #Defamation #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Bosnia Herzegovina
Status: Sentenced Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy 10 October 2024Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy and Azamat Ishembekov sentenced to prison time Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Sentenced Temirov Live 10 October 2024Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy and Azamat Ishembekov sentenced to prison time Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Raid / Break-in / Theft Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Sentenced Ayt Ayt Dese 10 October 2024Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy and Azamat Ishembekov sentenced to prison time Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Raid / Break-in / Theft Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Sentenced Azamat Ishembekov 10 October 2024Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy and Azamat Ishembekov sentenced to prison time Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Arrested Zhoomart Karabaev 20 September 2024Zhoomart Karabaev receives death threats in pre-trial detention Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Charged Ieva Raubiško 17 September 2024Ieva Raubiško, who is on trial for assisting asylum seekers, is facing a final hearing Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Latvia #Region: Europe and Central Asia