Status: Prison sentence completed Yin Xu'an (尹旭安) 30 November 2023Yin Xu’an completes sentence and returns home to strict surveillance Violations #Surveillance #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Police raid Hooran Baloch 29 November 2023Police raid on residence of woman human rights defender Hooran Baloch Violations #Raid / Break-in / Theft #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Verdict upheld Ding Jiaxi 27 November 2023Verdict against Ding Jiaxi upheld on appeal Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Arrested Babul Hossain 17 November 2023Bangladesh: Arrest of labour and human rights defender Babul Hossain Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Sentence Completed Dong Guangping 16 November 2023Dong Guangping completed sentence Violations #Surveillance #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China #Vietnam
Status: Sentenced Ravi Madasamy 15 November 2023Human rights defender and lawyer M. Ravi sentenced to 21 days in prison for contempt of court Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Singapore
Status: Sentence Completed Chen Jianfang 14 November 2023Chen Jianfang returns home after completing prison sentence Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Surveillance #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Damkondawahi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Babloo Loitongbam Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Minority Rights
ASM Nasiruddin Elan Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association
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 India: Arrest of human rights defender Arul Arumugam and judicial harassment of key leaders of farmers movement in Tamil Nadu Rights #Land Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement India: Police crackdown and arrest of human rights defenders protesting against corporate mining in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Solidarity for Human Rights Defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar Rights #Environmental Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia