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13 December 2016
Hasan Safadi was released from administrative detention on 7 December 2017.
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17 November 2020
On 9 November 2020, transgender rights defender Nayyab Ali was physically assaulted and robbed at her home in Islamabad by two unidentified, armed men. The defender, after a struggle, was able to fend off the attackers but suffered serious injuries. Nayyab Ali had recently been vocal about the increased targeting of the transgender community in Pakistan through her social media pages, and had since been receiving death threats. A First Information Report (FIR) was filed regarding the attack at the Golra police station on 10 November.
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8 February 2019
On 31 January 2019, the Supreme Court of Jamaica found woman human rights defender (WHRD) Latoya Nugent guilty of defamation. The Court ordered that she pay J$ 16 million in compensation to the former Moravian Church Minister, Dr Canute Thompson, who brought the lawsuit against her. The decision is being formally challenged by her lawyer. The case is related to information posted by the WHRD on social media in 2016 regarding the alleged sexual abuse and rape of minors perpetrated by Moravian Church Ministers in Jamaica, after receiving information from alleged victims.
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18 September 2018
On 12 September 2018, Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Trung Truc was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a court in Dong Hoi City in the province of Quang Binh on charges of trying to overthrow the state.
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21 December 2017
On 16 December 2017, Pakistani human rights defender Taimur Kamal along with members of TransAction Pakistan, Arzu Khan and Sunny, were attacked by armed men in the Gulbahar neighbourhood of Peshawar city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
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4 May 2015
On 27 April 2015, the Southern Mindanao office of Karapatan, Alliance for the Advancement of People's Rights, was attacked by unknown men.
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19 January 2018
Sudanese authorities are continuing a nationwide crackdown against protesters and human rights defenders, through arrests and the use of excessive force resulting in killings. Human rights defender Amal Habani was arrested on 16 January 2018 and taken to an undisclosed location by security forces in Khartoum. Human rights defender Nahid Jabrallah was arrested during a protest on 16 January 2018. Human rights defender Mohamed Aldouma was arrested during a protest in Omdurman on 17 January 2018.
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31 July 2017
On 31 July 2017, several organisations and human rights defenders in Colombia reported a new wave of threats and intimidation from members of the paramilitary group Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC).
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