Status: Pending Trial Chow Hang-tung 21 February 2024“Inciting subversion” trial unlikely to commence before November 2024 Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
Status: Pending Trial Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China 21 February 2024“Inciting subversion” trial unlikely to commence before November 2024 Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
Status: Conviction upheld Qin Yongpei 6 February 2024Qin Yongpei’s conviction upheld on appeal Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced Li Qiaochu (李翘楚) 6 February 2024Woman human rights defender Li Qiaochu sentenced to three years and eight months in prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced Chow Hang-tung 1 February 2024Top court overturns acquittal of Chow Hang-tung in Tiananmen Vigil case Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Hong Kong
Status: Threats and intimidation Jeewaratnam Suresh 20 December 2023Threats and intimidation against human rights defender Jeewaratnam Suresh Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Status: Prison sentence completed Yin Xu'an (尹旭安) 30 November 2023Yin Xu’an completes sentence and returns home to strict surveillance Violations #Surveillance #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Sasui Lohar Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Impunity / Justice
Sorath Lohar Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Impunity / Justice
The Baloch Long March Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Anti-Racism-/Discrimination #Enforced Disappearances #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights
Damkondawahi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Environmental Rights #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 Joint statement on the 10-year anniversary of ‘deadly reprisals’ against Chinese activist Cao Shunli Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Citizen Participation #Impunity / Justice Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Reprisals #Travel Ban #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Statement Communication to Financial Action Task Force regarding the misuse of FATF standards to undermine civil society groups in India Rights #Human Rights Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Women human rights defenders Sasui Lohar and Sorath Lohar’s father killed in Sindh Province Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Impunity / Justice Violations #Judicial Harassment #Surveillance #Killing #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan