Prominent human rights defender Valentina Cherevatenko has been repeatedly summoned by an investigator and may become the first to be criminally prosecuted under the “foreign agents law”.

British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe has been detained in an undisclosed detention centre in Kerman, southern Iran, since 3 April

Yang Maodong started a hunger strike on 9 May to protest his humiliating and threatening treatment by the authorities

At least 24 people have been arrested since 17 May in different parts of Kazakhstan and have been sentenced to administrative detention

group of 12 Syrian refugees, including four children, have been arbitrarily detained at the Düziçi camp since 27 April

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Human rights defender and member of the stateless Bidun community ‘Abdulhakim al-Fadhli had his one-year imprisonment sentence followed by deportation upheld by the Court of Cassation on 16 May. He has been on hunger strike since his arrest on 18 April.

Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.

Iranian teenager Alireza Tajiki is at continued risk of execution. The authorities did not carry out his scheduled execution on 15 May after a global outcry. However, they have not committed to not rescheduling the execution.

Iranian physicist and prisoner of conscience Omid Kokabee had surgery on 22 April to remove his right kidney. He has been diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer following five years of medical neglect in prison.