A prisoner of conscience is being held in military custody in Thailand, with no access to lawyers or family. This is the third time since 2 March that Watana Muangsook has been held in military detention without charge or trial.

Ismail Abdi, Secretary General of Iran’s Teachers’ Trade Association, has been sentenced on charges related to his peaceful trade union activities. He is awaiting an appeal date and has announced he will go on hunger strike on International Workers’ Day on 1 May to protest the repression of trade unionists.

Ibrahim Karimi has been sentenced to two years and one month in prison on charges including “publicly insulting the King” which he has denied. He will be at immediate risk of expulsion after he completes his sentence as his nationality was arbitrarily revoked.

Union leaders and factory workers Myo Min Min and Naing Htay Lwin, and labour activists Naing Zaw Kyi Win and Thu Zaw Kyi Win were released from Insein prison in Yangon, Myanmer on 17 April.

Peaceful protester Myat Nu Khaing has been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.

Writer Htin Lin Oo has been released from prison following a Presidential pardon in Myanmar on 17 April.

Abdelali Ghellam was acquitted on 19 April 2016, but seven other men remain imprisoned for taking part in a protest.

Librarian Natalya Sharina has been under house arrest since 30 October 2015 for the library holding “extremist literature”.

Eight prisoners of conscience are serving one-year prison terms over a peaceful protest in December 2015.

Thirty five men detained at the NSS headquarters have been denied the right to challenge their detention.