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Human rights defenders Case updates

Case updates

What changed in the cases of the defenders in our archive, week by week. Every name opens the full record.

This week

8 to 14 November 2026

Events appear under the date they happened. The team reviews new information every Friday.

Week of 8 to 14 November 2026

No events recorded this week. Go to the latest events

Week of 1 to 7 November 2026

No events recorded this week.

Week of 25 to 31 October 2026

Judicial step

Zied El HeniTunisia#

Sentenced to four years on terrorism charges in audio leaks case

Week of 18 to 24 October 2026

Judicial step

Ahmed DoumaEgypt#

Lawyer requests conditional release

Week of 11 to 17 October 2026

Week of 4 to 10 October 2026

Judicial step

Rasha AzabEgypt#

Questioned by the Supreme State Security Prosecution

Week of 27 September to 3 October 2026

Judicial step

Tawfiq GhanemEgypt#

Trial adjourned to 26 December 2026

Judicial step

Marwa ArafaEgypt#

Still held; next hearing set for 17 October 2026

Judicial step

Abdallah SaïdTunisia#

Court of Appeal raises sentence to two years

Week of 20 to 26 September 2026

No events recorded this week.

Week of 13 to 19 September 2026

Judicial step

Hoda Abdel-MoneimEgypt#

Trial in Case 730 of 2020 adjourned to 23 November 2026

Week of 6 to 12 September 2026

Week of 30 August to 5 September 2026

Judicial step

Ayachi HammamiTunisia#

Court of Cassation makes the conviction final

Week of 23 to 29 August 2026

Older events are in each record in the archive.

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Where it comes from

From the records in the archive. Our team adds events as they happen, and every week we review what a fixed list of trusted human rights organisations has published.

Who checks it

Nothing appears here before a member of the HuMENA team has checked it against its source.

What is not shown

Records withheld for safety, events still under review, and the names of our sources, which stay internal.

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