Status: Judicial Harassment Pia Perricci 24 March 2026WHRD Pia Perricci faces SLAPP case by Marche Multiservizi S.p.A. Violations #Reprisals #Defamation #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Italy
Status: Released Maria Rabkova 23 March 2026Belarusian human rights defenders Nasta Loika, Marfa Rabkova, and Valiantsin Stefanovich pardoned and deported to Lithuania Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Belarus
Status: Released Valiantsin Stefanovich 23 March 2026Belarusian human rights defenders Nasta Loika, Marfa Rabkova, and Valiantsin Stefanovich pardoned and deported to Lithuania Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Belarus
Status: Released Nasta Loika 23 March 2026Harshened detention conditions for Nasta Loika Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Belarus
Status: Sentenced Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy 11 March 2026Supreme Court orders retrial for Makhabat Tazhibek Kyzy Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Kyrgyzstan
Status: On trial Eimear Walshe 2 March 2026Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ireland
Status: On trial Aindriú de Buitléir 2 March 2026Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ireland
Status: On trial Áine Treanor 2 March 2026Human rights defenders’ trial for peaceful protest at Shannon Airport on hold pending Supreme Court ruling Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Ireland
Status: Acquitted Enes Hocaoğulları 2 March 2026Türkiye: Youth and LGBTQI+ rights defender Enes Hocaoğulları acquitted of all charges Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: On trial Defne Güzel 2 March 2026Judicial harassment of LGBTQI+ rights defender Defne Güzel Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Türkiye
Status: Acquitted Athanasios (Nassos) Karakitsos 6 February 2026Greece: Court Acquits Seán Binder, Athanasios (Nassos) Karakitsos, and 22 Other Human Rights Defenders of All Felony Charges Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Greece
