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
Status: Denied medical care Yang Li 22 January 2026China: Woman human rights defender Yang Li arbitrarily detained by police on her way to seek critical medical treatment Violations #Travel Ban #Surveillance #Arbitrary detention #Physical Attack #Threats / Intimidation #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Detained Lu Siwei 5 August 2025Human rights lawyer Lu Siwei detained in China after deportation from Laos Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Released on furlough Nasim Soltanbeygi 20 March 2024Woman human rights defender Nasim Solatanbeygi released on medical furlough Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Incommunicado Tang Jitian 21 February 2024Tang Jitian not allowed to attend daughter’s funeral Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban Location #China
Status: Acquitted Göç İzleme Derneği (GÖÇİZDER) 13 February 2024All human rights defenders acquitted in Göç İzleme Derneği case Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Sentence Completed Chen Jianfang 14 November 2023Chen Jianfang returns home after completing prison sentence Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Surveillance #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Expulsion Upheld Bolot Temirov 1 November 2023Supreme Court upheld the decision to expel Bolot Temirov Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: Health Deteriorated Guo Feixiong 27 September 2023Human rights defender Guo Feixiong at risk of losing his life in prison Violations #Travel Ban #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced Chang Weiping (常玮平) 8 June 2023Chang Weiping Completes Sentence, Faces Travel Ban Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Travel Ban #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Entry Ban Galym Ageleuov 24 May 2023Human rights defender from Kazakhstan Galym Ageleuov barred from entering Uzbekistan Violations #Travel Ban Location #Kazakhstan
