#Smear Campaign Cases

Smear CampaignCases

Defamation attack against women human rights defenders Umida Niyazova and Sharifa Madrakhimova

#Smear Campaign

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Prison violence and harassment

bakhrom khamroev Credit: jakob.clan.su

Bakhrom Khamroev

16 February 2024

Bakhrom Khamroev faces harassment and physical violence in prison

#Smear Campaign

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Russian Federation

Pre-trial detention extended

Alsu Kurmasheva

13 February 2024

Alsu Kurmasheva’s pre-trial detention extended

#Smear Campaign

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Russian Federation

Leila Hosseinzadeh

Leila Hossein Zadeh

25 October 2023

Leila Hossein Zadeh charged with acting against national security for the fifth time

#Smear Campaign

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

Zillur Rahman

13 September 2023

Harassment against human rights defender and executive director of the Centre for Governance Studies, Zillur Rahman

#Smear Campaign

#Other Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Facing Harassment

Maidul Islam

Academic activist and human rights defender Maidul Islam facing harassment from the Chittagong University for exercising freedom of expression

#Smear Campaign

#Judicial Harassment

#Other Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Kamyar Fakour

Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour denied amnesty

#Smear Campaign

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

Sarvenaz Ahmadi

Sarvenaz Ahmadi

Sarvenaz Ahmadi and Kamyar Fakour denied amnesty

#Smear Campaign

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Middle East and North Africa

Judicial Harassment

Human Rights Centre 'Viasna'

Homiel branch of human rights organisation Viasna labelled as extremist organisation

#Smear Campaign

#Judicial Harassment

#Other Harassment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

Listed as "undesirable"

Russia: International human rights group Agora listed as “undesirable organisation”

#Smear Campaign

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

#Russian Federation

The Belarusian Association of Journalists

Belarusian Association of Journalists’ website, social media and logo declared “extremist”

#Smear Campaign

#Other Harassment

#Region: Europe and Central Asia

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