Status: Judicial Harassment Dr. Mahrang Baloch 14 June 2024False criminal cases including sedition charges filed against Baloch woman human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Suneeta Pottam 13 June 2024Woman human rights defender Suneeta Pottam arrested on fabricated charges Violations #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Disbarred Ravi Madasamy 6 June 2024Human rights defender and lawyer M. Ravi disbarred Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Singapore
Status: Detained Ilham Mahmudi 17 May 2024Detention of environmental human rights defender Ilham Mahmudi Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Status: Sentenced Ahmad Fahim Azimi 7 May 2024Human rights defender Ahmad Fahim Azimi sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Taliban court, in Kabul Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan
Status: Arrested Samlu Koram 3 May 2024Arrest and detention of four indigenous human rights defenders in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Arrested Shankar Kashyap 3 May 2024Arrest and detention of four indigenous human rights defenders in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Dr. Mahrang Baloch Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Minority Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Suneeta Pottam Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Impunity / Justice #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Sammi Deen Baloch Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Gender/Women's Rights
Netiporn "Bung" Sanesangkhom Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression
Ahmad Fahim Azimi Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan Rights #Student Rights / Education #Gender/Women's Rights
Ranu Podyam Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Housing Rights / Forced Evictions #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Media Digital Security Act: A Hanging Sword on Human Rights Defenders in Bangladesh Rights #Student Rights / Education #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union Violations #Defamation #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
27 March 2020 by FLD East Asia Team Defending Rights in the Time of COVID-19: WHRDs tackle domestic violence in China Rights #Gender/Women's Rights Violations #Physical Attack #COVID-19 Locations #Region: Asia Pacific #China
14 August 2019 by Andrew Anderson - Former Executive Director It is human rights defenders who through their struggle define human rights Rights #Student Rights / Education #Torture / Police Brutality #LGBT+ Rights #Environmental Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Citizen Participation #Freedom of Expression #Imprisonment #Protests / Assembly #Corruption Violations #Reprisals #Surveillance #Arbitrary detention #Killing Locations #Global #Region: Asia Pacific #China #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Saudi Arabia #Region: Americas #Brazil
Statement Justice for Bung Sanesangkhom, stop harassment against dissent Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression #Impunity / Justice Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand
Statement Arrest and crackdown against human rights defenders in Bastar District, Chhattisgarh State, campaigning against corporatization and militarization Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Housing Rights / Forced Evictions #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights Violations #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft #Violence #Killing Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement China: immediately release human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and activist Xu Yan Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Prisoner Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China