Status: Sentence completed Qin Yongpei 1 November 2024Qin Yongpei completes sentence Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced He Fangmei 31 October 2024He Fangmei sentenced to five years and six months in prison Violations #Enforced Disappearance Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced Yu Wensheng 30 October 2024Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan convicted and sentenced for “inciting subversion of State power” Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Arrested Lu Siwei 29 October 2024Lu Siwei re-arrested weeks before provisional release expires Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Released on bail Sajad Gul 15 October 2024Human rights defender and Journalist Sajad Gul released on bail Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Released Chhim Sithar 30 September 2024Woman human rights defender Chhim Sithar released after two years in prison Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Cambodia
Status: Sentenced Wang Jianbing (王建兵) 17 September 2024Wang Jianbing’s and Huang Xueqin’s appeal rejected without due process Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Wong Yan Ke Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Malaysia Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Elections / Good Governance #Freedom of Expression #Impunity / Justice
Prakaidao Phurksakasemsuk Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Impunity / Justice
Novenia Ambeau Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Ajay Singhal Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Minority Rights #Prisoner Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Labour Rights / Trade Union #Land Rights
Roy Barbosa Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Children's Rights #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union
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 Bangladesh: Interim government must ensure accountability for violence against peaceful protesters advocating for Indigenous people’s rights Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights Violations #Physical Attack Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Statement Bangladesh: Concerns about the draft Cyber Protection Ordinance Rights #Cyber-Activism #Freedom of Expression Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Statement Martin Ennals Award 2024 laureates announced Rights #Anti-Racism-/Discrimination #Gender/Women's Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Europe and Central Asia #Tajikistan #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan