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
Status: Questioned by police Temirlan Baimash 4 February 2026LGBTI rights defender Temirlan Baimash questioned by police on false complaint Violations #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kazakhstan
Status: Hearing postponed Doros Polykarpou 30 January 2026Hearing of human rights defender Doros Polykarpou delayed again Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Cyprus
Status: Sentenced Hadi Ali Chattha 30 January 2026Pakistan: Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha sentenced to 17 years imprisonment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Sentenced Imaan Mazari 30 January 2026Pakistan: Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha sentenced to 17 years imprisonment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Imaan Mazari 23 January 2026Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha violently arrested despite court order Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Hadi Ali Chattha 23 January 2026Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha violently arrested despite court order Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arbitrary arrest Ahmed Douma 23 January 2026Egypt: Arbitrary arrest of Ahmed Douma amid continuous judicial harassment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Questioning / Interrogation #Violence #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Egypt
