Name: Agnes Uwimana Nkusi   Location: Rwanda Update: On 18 June 2014, Rwandan journalist Agnès Uwimana Nkusi was released from prison after completing a four-year sentence on spurious charges of defamation and harming state security motivated by her independent reporting.

Name: Jabeur Mejri Location: Tunisia Update: On 3 March 2014, Tunisian cartoonist, Jabeur Mejri was released from prison following nearly two years in prison for publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad  on his Facebook page.

Name: Mam Sonando Location: Cambodia Status: Released Update:On 15 March 2013, Cambodian activist Mam Sonando was released from prison after an appeals court in the capital Phnom Penh overturned his conviction on anti-state charges, along with his 20-year jail sentence.

Name: Pussy RiotLocation: Russian Federation Update: On 23 December 2013, two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, were released from prison under an amnesty by President Putin after serving nearly two years in prison for a public performance critical of the government.

Name: Nasrin Sotoudeh Location: Tehran, Iran Status: Released Update: Nasrin Sotoudeh was released from prison along with at least ten prisoners of conscience on 18 September 2013.

Evgeniy Zhovtis was finally released from jail on 17 February 2012 after a court decision made on 1 February 2012, granting amnesty to him was enforced.

Name:  Ales Bialiatski Location: Belarus Update: Belarusian civil society activist, Ales Bialiatski, was freed from prison on 21 June 2014 after spending almost three years in prison due to his peaceful human rights activities.