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Threats/Intimidation

Selvakumar Nilanthan

Selvakumar Nilanthan

5 December 2022

Threats and intimidations against human rights defender and journalist Selvakumar Nilanthan

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

#இலங்கை

Threats/Intimidation

Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy

Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy

14 September 2022

Threats & Intimidation against journalist Sasikaran Punniyamoorthy

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

#இலங்கை

Human rights defender Joseph Stalin arrested

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

#இலங்கை

Judicial Harassment

21 February 2022

Human rights defender Pongiliya Gamage Shehan Malaka facing reprisals and legal persecution

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

#இலங்கை

Gerakan Buruh Bersama Rakyat

Arbitrary detention of nine labour and education rights defenders

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

New Report: Jordanian Human Rights Defenders and Journalists Hacked with Pegasus Spyware

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Unsafe Anywhere:
Women Human Rights Defenders Speak Out About Pegasus Attacks

Launch of the 4-year global investigation
into sex worker rights defenders at risk (SWRDs):

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