Status: Detained He Fangmei 3 February 2023He Fangmei finally meets lawyer, still separated from children while awaiting verdict Violations #Enforced Disappearance Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Released on bail Raghunath Kha 1 February 2023HRD and journalist Raghunath Kha released on bail after being subjected to torture Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Harassed Syeda Rizwana Hasan 31 January 2023Environmental lawyer and woman human rights defender Syeda Rizwana Hasan and team attacked and harassed Violations #Other Harassment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Judicial Harassment Rozina Islam 30 January 2023Court orders further investigation into Rozina Islam cases Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Acquitted Maria Ressa 20 January 2023HRD and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler acquitted by the Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Released on bail Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thero 16 January 2023Student leader and HRD Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thero released on bail by Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Status: Released on Bail Hidme Markam 12 January 2023Human Rights Defender Hidme Markham aquitted in four cases, released on bail Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Raghunath Kha Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Journalism #Minority Rights #Land Rights
Ven. Galwewa Siridhamma Thero Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Rights #Student Rights / Education #Protests / Assembly #Corruption
Nguyen Lan Thang Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Vietnam Rights #Freedom of Expression #Protests / Assembly
Tharindu Jayawardhana Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression
Media ‘ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইন: বাংলাদেশের মানবাধিকারকর্মীদের জন্য একটি খড়গ’ ফ্রন্টলাইন ডিফেন্ডার্সের তথ্যানুসন্ধান প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ 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 Two years after Myanmar’s military coup, human rights violations continue to escalate Rights #Elections / Good Governance #Freedom of Expression #Imprisonment Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Killing Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Burma / Myanmar
Statement Remembering Shinta Ratri: Front Line Defenders expresses solidarity on passing of HRD Shinta Ratri Rights #LGBT+ Rights Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Statement Sri Lanka: End Arbitrary Detention of Student Activist Rights #Imprisonment Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka