Status: Arrested Y Quynh Bdap 25 July 2024Human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap faces extradition to Vietnam by Thai authorities based on trumped up terrorism charges Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Vietnam
Status: Acquitted Haris Azhar 23 July 2024Human rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, acquitted of defamation charges by the East Jakarta District Court Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Status: Acquitted Fatia Maulidiyanti 23 July 2024Human rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, acquitted of defamation charges by the East Jakarta District Court Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Status: Released on Bail Aasif Sultan 9 July 2024Human rights defender and journalist Aasif Sultan released on bail Violations #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Judicial Harassment Dr. Mahrang Baloch 14 June 2024False criminal cases including sedition charges filed against Baloch woman human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Suneeta Pottam 13 June 2024Woman human rights defender Suneeta Pottam arrested on fabricated charges Violations #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Disbarred Ravi Madasamy 6 June 2024Human rights defender and lawyer M. Ravi disbarred Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Singapore
Amina Masood Janjua Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice
Y Quynh Bdap Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Vietnam Rights #Freedom of Religion #Minority Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Sheikh Showkat Hussain Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Peacebuilding
Arundhati Roy Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Human Rights #Minority Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects
Dr. Mahrang Baloch Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Minority Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Suneeta Pottam Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Impunity / Justice #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights
Sammi Deen Baloch Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Gender/Women's 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 Conviction of Mother Nature activists is a blatant attack on activism Rights #Environmental Rights #Human Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects Violations #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Cambodia
Statement India: Growing Concerns on the Misuse of Financial Action Task Force Standards to Target Civil Society Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Justice for Bung Sanesangkhom, stop harassment against dissent Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression #Impunity / Justice Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand