The week in review.

For the week of June 22-29, 2026, the platform documented 32 new cases of political prisoners, of which 8 represent arrests that occurred during this reporting period. No human-reviewed case developments were recorded, while 30 news items were tracked across the monitored countries.

Belarus accounted for the largest number of newly documented cases with 11 individuals, including activists Aljaksandr Katljanik, Pavel Czarnjak, Pavel Stanislauczyk, Dzmitryi Levy, and Aljaksandr Karnacki. Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory contributed 8 cases, primarily journalists including Thoudy Badai Rifan Billah, Simona Losito, Bambang Noroyono, Lautaro Rivara, Gijs Sanders, Diederick Willem Groenewoud, and Andre Prasetyo Nugroho. Russia added 3 cases, notably political prisoners Evgeny Fedorov and Ivan Cherny, while Tajikistan and Somalia each contributed 3 and 2 cases respectively.

Among the 8 new arrests documented this week, Kazakhstan led with 4 detentions including journalist Lukpan Ahmediyarov and political figure Alexander Lunin. Single arrests were recorded in Kyrgyzstan (political prisoner Duishen Torokulov), Russia (Ivan Cherny), Egypt (journalist Haidar Qandil), and Tajikistan (Ivazmad Kadirov). The news coverage highlighted significant sentences, including a 14-year term for a Moscow defense plant employee convicted of high treason and a 13-year sentence for a pensioner from occupied Zaporizhzhia region.

The week's developments reflect sustained documentation activity, with newly documented cases remaining steady compared to the previous week while new arrests decreased by 11 percent from 9 to 8 cases.