Mexican prisoner of conscience Ildefonso Zamora was released on 12 August after almost nine months in jail

Konstantin Zadoya was released on 3 August from a psychiatric hospital in Novosibirsk, western Siberia

Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.

Jeffery Wood is scheduled to be executed in Texas on 24 August. He was sentenced to death in 1998 for a murder committed during a robbery of a convenience store in 1996. He was sitting in a truck outside the store when the murder took place.

Kostyantyn Beskorovaynyi returned home on 25 February, having spent 15 months in secret detention.

Two activists were arrested on 6 August for distributing materials critical of a draft constitution. Both face up to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Haris Azhar, Executive Coordinator of a leading human rights NGO in Indonesia, is being investigated for defamation for publishing on social media.

Ghina Ahmad Wadi, a 10-year-old girl, was shot in the leg on 2 August by a sniper at a government checkpoint in Madaya

Four Angolan youth activists who are part of the Benguela Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionário de Benguela) were arrested by police on the evening of 4 August.

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria has threatened to demolish houses in Gbagyi Villa, Kaduna State, North West Nigeria.