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Maria Ressa

Court of Tax Appeals upholds the acquittal of woman human rights defender and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the news network Rappler on charges of tax evasion

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Human rights defender and lawyer Samat Matsakov released from pre-trial detention

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Upcoming hearing

Myrna “Micah” Cruz-Abraham

Woman human rights defender Myrna Cruz-Abraham pleads not guilty on ‘frustrated’ murder allegation

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Asia Pacific

Judicial harassment

Sazzadur Rahman (Rakhal Raha)

Escalating death threats and legal persecution against human rights defender Sazzadur Rahman

#Judicial Harassment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Zhanar Sekerbayeva

Woman human rights defender Zhanar Sekerbayeva detained for 10 days

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Arbitrary detention

25 February 2025

Indigenous land rights defender Ringrong Mro arbitrarily detained in Bandarban District Jail on trumped-up charges

#Arbitrary detention

#Region: Asia Pacific

Judicial Harassment

25 February 2025

Court rules RCMP abused its power in criminalisation of three Wet'suwet'en defenders

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Judicial Harassment

Shaylynn Sampson

25 February 2025

Court rules RCMP abused its power in criminalisation of three Wet'suwet'en defenders

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Judicial Harassment

Corey Jayohcee Jocko

25 February 2025

Court rules RCMP abused its power in criminalisation of three Wet'suwet'en defenders

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Americas

Mohammad Habibi

20 February 2025

Mohammad Habibi released from prison

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Physical Attack

Sentence upheld

20 February 2025

Zeinab Zaman’s six-month prison sentence upheld

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

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