Status: Sentenced ASM Nasiruddin Elan 14 September 2023Human rights defenders Adilur Rahman and A.S.M Nasiruddin Elan sentenced to jail for two years Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released on Bail Nitin Varghese 14 September 2023Human rights defender Nitin Varghese released on bail Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Harassment Zillur Rahman 13 September 2023Harassment against human rights defender and executive director of the Centre for Governance Studies, Zillur Rahman Violations #Smear Campaign #Surveillance #Other Harassment #Cyber-Attack Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Judicial Harassment Imaan Mazari 5 September 2023Judicial harassment of human rights lawyer and woman human rights defender Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Acquitted Angkhana Neelapaijit 4 September 2023Women human rights defenders Angkhana Neelapaijit, Puttanee Kangkun and Thanaporn Saleephol acquitted of criminal defamation Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand
Status: Facing Harassment Maidul Islam 30 August 2023Academic activist and human rights defender Maidul Islam facing harassment from the Chittagong University for exercising freedom of expression Violations #Smear Campaign #Judicial Harassment #Other Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released on bail Tharindu Uduwaragedara 3 August 2023Unlawful arrest and assault against human rights defender and journalist Tharindu Uduwaragedara Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
ASM Nasiruddin Elan Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association
Zillur Rahman Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression
Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Elections / Good Governance
Nitin Varghese Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land Rights
Imaan Mazari Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Anti-Racism/Discrimination #Gender/Women's Rights #Freedom of Religion #Minority Rights
Maidul Islam Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Anti-Racism/Discrimination #Student Rights / Education #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights
Jagrit Adivasi Dalit Sangathan Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Anti-Racism/Discrimination #Housing Rights / Forced Evictions #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino 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 Joint Letter - India: Concern regarding the Asia-Pacific Forum Conference to be hosted by the National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRCI) in September 2023 Rights #Human Rights Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Joint Statement - Sri Lanka’s Flawed Plans for a ‘Truth Commission’ Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Impunity / Justice Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Other Harassment #Killing #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Statement Joint Open Letter: Call for an end to human rights violations in Kashmir and release of jailed human rights defenders and political prisoners Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Imprisonment #Protests / Assembly Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India