Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’, a prominent Dalit rights activist, has been released from Saharanpur District Prison.

Detention of student leaders and other social activists have increased in Nicaragua as a punishment for protests.

Activist Franklin Mowha, the president of the NGO Frontline Fighters for Citizens Interests went missing on 6 August.

Khalid Mohd Ismath, former prisoner of conscience, has had all charges against him dropped.

A human rights lawyer has been arrested, beaten and detained by police in Russia. He is a prisoner of conscience.

Prisoner of conscience Shahidul Alam has been denied bail. If tried and convicted he faces 14 years in jail.

Guatemala’s Congress is at the verge of passing a law to ban abortion, same-sex marriage and inclusive sex education.

Two Iranian Kurds were arrested by security forces on 3 August and held incommunicado for weeks.

2 members of the anti-slavery organization IRA were arbitrarily arrested. They were charged and denied access to lawyers.

A peaceful pro-independence Papuan activist, Agustinus Yolemal, was detained and charged for posting a video on Facebook.