Status: Arrested Dr. Mahrang Baloch 24 March 2025Sammi Deen Baloch and other Baloch human rights defenders arrested by Karachi police Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Bebarg Zehri 24 March 2025Sammi Deen Baloch and other Baloch human rights defenders arrested by Karachi police Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Sammi Deen Baloch 24 March 2025Sammi Deen Baloch and other Baloch human rights defenders arrested by Karachi police Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Charged Nahid Hasan Knowledge 20 March 2025Human rights defender Nahid Hasan Knowledge charged under Cyber Security Act for hurting religious sentiments Violations #Raid / Break-in / Theft Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Awaiting Trial Chow Hang-tung 13 March 2025Hong Kong’s top Court rules in favour of woman human rights defender Chow Hang-tung Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
Status: Acquitted Maria Ressa 5 March 2025Court of Tax Appeals upholds the acquittal of woman human rights defender and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the news network Rappler on charges of tax evasion Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Upcoming hearing Myrna “Micah” Cruz-Abraham 4 March 2025Woman human rights defender Myrna Cruz-Abraham pleads not guilty on ‘frustrated’ murder allegation Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Judicial harassment Sazzadur Rahman (Rakhal Raha) 4 March 2025Escalating death threats and legal persecution against human rights defender Sazzadur Rahman Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Arbitrary detention Ringrong Mro 25 February 2025Indigenous land rights defender Ringrong Mro arbitrarily detained in Bandarban District Jail on trumped-up charges Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Abducted Yambem Laba 11 February 2025Human rights defender Yambem Laba abducted by an armed group in Manipur Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Sentence completed Qin Yongpei 1 November 2024Qin Yongpei completes sentence Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China