A Cairo court has confirmed a request to freeze the assets of Al-Andalus Institute for Tolerance and anti-Violence Studies and its director Ahmed Samih.

Human rights defender Abdulaziz al-Shubaily has been convicted and sentenced on 29 May to eight years in prison by the Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh for his peaceful human rights activism.

Qin Wei, a Falun Gong practitioner, was taken into police custody after he distributed commentary criticizing the Chinese Communist Party. He is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.

Syrian refugee Fadi Mansour finally reunited with his family in Melbourne, Australia, on 11 June.

Bahraini human rights defender and prisoner of conscience, Nabeel Rajab, was arrested on 13 June. He has been charged with “spreading false information and rumours in the aim of discrediting the State”.

On 13 June an Israeli military court renewed by a further six months the detention without charge of Palestinian circus performer Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha.

On 13 June an Israeli military court renewed by a further six months the detention without charge of Palestinian circus performer Mohammad Faisal Abu Sakha.

Canadian-Iranian citizen Dr Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old professor of anthropology, was arrested on 6 June following months of questioning by the Revolutionary Guards. She is being held in Tehran’s Evin Prison with no access to her family or lawyer, and likely in solitary confinement. She is a prisoner of conscience.

Nine activists have been detained for commemorations of the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown. They are at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.