Status: Detained Raghunath Kha 27 January 2023HRD and journalist Raghunath Kha arrested 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
Status: Acquitted Rural Missionaries of the Philippines 12 January 2023Acquittal of HRDs from 3 Civil Society organisations Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Acquitted Gabriela 12 January 2023Acquittal of HRDs from 3 Civil Society organisations Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines
Status: Sentenced Chow Hang-tung 16 December 2022Chow Hang-tung wins appeal in Tiananmen Vigil case Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
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
Jindal Pratirodh Sangram Samiti Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Environmental Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Land 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 Sri Lanka: End Arbitrary Detention of Student Activist Rights #Imprisonment Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Statement Joint Statement: Respect Freedoms of Expression, Press and Assembly in China - Stop violent crackdown and arrests of peaceful protesters Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Protests / Assembly Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Statement Joint statement calling for the release of Li Yuhan Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Economic, Social & Cultural Rights #Corruption Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China