Status: Arrested Teesta Setalvad 28 June 2022WHRD Teesta Setalvad arrested Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Summoned and questioned Tharindu Uduwaragedara 24 June 2022HRD and journalist Tharindu Udawaragedara summoned to the Criminal Investigation Division Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Status: Trial postponed Ding Jiaxi 17 June 2022Ding Jiaxi’s lawyer asked to attend pre-trial meeting Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Arrested Guo Feixiong 17 June 2022Guo Feixiong allowed first meeting with lawyer Violations #Travel Ban Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Intimidation Kanapathipillai Kumanan 13 June 2022Human rights defender and journalist Kanapathipillai Kumanan intimidated by police Violations #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Status: Released on Bail Ven. Wekandawala Rahula Thero 8 June 2022Ven. Wekandawala Rahula Thero released on bail Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka
Status: Attacked Angkhana Neelapaijit 20 April 2022 Attacks against WHRD Angkhana Neelapaijit Violations #Judicial Harassment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand
Tharindu Uduwaragedara Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Journalism
Kanapathipillai Kumanan Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Freedom of Expression
Ven. Wekandawala Rahula Thero Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Rights #Environmental Rights #Economic, Social & Cultural Rights
Liah Ghazanfar Jawad Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Gender/Women's Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict
Shehan Malaka Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Sri Lanka Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Impunity / Justice
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 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 Deteriorating Health of G. N. Saibaba in Nagpur Central Jail Rights #Minority Rights #Access to Healthcare Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Joint Statement Condemning the Arbitrary Cancellation of the Registration of Odhikar Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Freedom of Expression #Protests / Assembly Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Statement UN High Commissioner must uphold principled and coherent response to China’s human rights crisis Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Imprisonment #Prisoner Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Physical Attack Location #Global #Region: Asia Pacific #China