Status: Released Fathul Munif 23 December 2025Dera Pramandira and Fathul Munif released amidst ongoing police investigation Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Status: Released Adetya Pramandira (Dera) 23 December 2025Dera Pramandira and Fathul Munif released amidst ongoing police investigation Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Status: Deported Y Quynh Bdap 3 December 2025Thai authorities forcibly extradited human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap from Bangkok to Vietnam Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Vietnam
Status: Awaiting Trial Chow Hang-tung 3 November 2025Hong Kon High Court rejects application to stay ‘inciting subversion of state power’ trial Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
Status: Released Lu Siwei 5 August 2025Lu Siwei released but still under surveillance Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Detained Gulzar Dost 7 July 2025Human rights defender Gulzar Dost detained in Balochistan Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Acquitted Maria Ressa 25 June 2025Woman human rights defender and journalist Maria Ressa acquitted in anti-dummy case Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Ko Htet Myat Aung Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Burma / Myanmar Rights #Freedom of Expression #Protests / Assembly
Tarsisius Fendy Sesupi Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Adetya Pramandira (Dera) Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia Rights #Environmental Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Impunity / Justice
Fathul Munif Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia Rights #Student Rights / Education #Environmental Rights
Gulzar Dost Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict
Molbog and Palaw’an communities Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Media ‘ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইন: বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকারকর্মীদের জন্য একটি খড়গ’ ফ্রন্টলাইন ডিফেন্ডার্সের তথ্যানুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ Rights #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union #Student Rights / Education Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Defamation #Judicial Harassment Location #Bangladesh #Region: Asia Pacific
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 #COVID-19 #Physical Attack Locations #China #Region: Asia Pacific
14 August 2019 by Andrew Anderson - Former Executive Director It is human rights defenders who through their struggle define human rights Rights #Citizen Participation #Civil & Political Rights #Corruption #Environmental Rights #Freedom of Expression #Gender/Women's Rights #Imprisonment #LGBT+ Rights #Protests / Assembly #Student Rights / Education #Torture / Police Brutality Violations #Arbitrary detention #Killing #Reprisals #Surveillance Locations #Brazil #China #Global #Region: Americas #Region: Asia Pacific #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Saudi Arabia
Statement Pakistan: End Judicial Harassment of Human Rights Lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Freedom of Expression #Human Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Reprisals #Threats / Intimidation Location #Pakistan #Region: Asia Pacific
Statement Joint Statement – Indonesia: Release human rights defenders Dera Pramandira and Fathul Munif, uphold people’s right to peaceful protest Rights #Citizen Participation #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Human Rights Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation #Violence Location #Indonesia #Region: Asia Pacific
Statement Pakistan: Judicial persecution of human rights defenders Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Freedom of Expression Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Pakistan #Region: Asia Pacific