Blogger Merzoug Touati convicted with 10 year prison sentence in Algeria. He is a prisoner of conscience.

Matar Hussein, a visually impaired religious teacher, has been transferred from Kober Prison to a detention centre.

Dr Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, an environmental activist, was sentenced in Cuba to one-year imprisonment for contempt.

On 6 June, Palestinian activist and human rights defender, Munther Amira was released from Hadarim Prison in Israel.

Prominent human rights defender and prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab had his five-year prison sentence upheld.

Cuban authorities have suspended family visiting rights of human rights defender, Dr Eduardo Cardet, for six months.

Equatorial Guinean cartoonist and activist Ramón Esono Ebalé was finally able to leave Equatorial Guinea on 28 May.

In the UAE, Ahmed Mansoor was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of 1,000,000 Emirati Dirham.

On 7 May, a court issued Uzbekistani journalist Bobomurod Abdullayev with a non-custodial sentence.

The Court has set the 30 June as the date for issuing the verdict in the case against “Shawkan and 738 other defendants.