Status: Sentence completed Qin Yongpei 1 November 2024Qin Yongpei completes sentence Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced He Fangmei 31 October 2024He Fangmei sentenced to five years and six months in prison Violations #Enforced Disappearance Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Sentenced Yu Wensheng 30 October 2024Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan convicted and sentenced for “inciting subversion of State power” Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Detained Lu Siwei 29 October 2024Human rights lawyer Lu Siwei detained in China after deportation from Laos Violations #Judicial Harassment #Travel Ban #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Status: Released on bail Sajad Gul 15 October 2024Human rights defender and Journalist Sajad Gul released on bail Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Arrested Anirudh Rajan 9 October 2024Human rights defender and trade union leader Anirudh Rajan arrested under anti-terror charges Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Released Chhim Sithar 30 September 2024Woman human rights defender Chhim Sithar released after two years in prison Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Cambodia
Ajay Singhal Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Minority Rights #Prisoner Rights #Extractive Industries / Megaprojects #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights #Labour Rights / Trade Union #Land Rights
Roy Barbosa Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Philippines Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Children's Rights #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union
Akhtar Hossain Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Student Rights / Education #Impunity / Justice #Protests / Assembly
Mohammad Ahsan Untoo Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Impunity / Justice
Arif Sohel Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Student Rights / Education #Impunity / Justice #Protests / Assembly
Nusrat Tabassum Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Student Rights / Education #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice #Protests / Assembly
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 Release human rights defender Idris Khattak who marks five years of unjust incarceration as reprisal for his human rights work Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Statement Human Rights Defender G.N. Saibaba passes away Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Pakistan: Woman human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch Prevented from Leaving Pakistan, and assaulted by Sindh Police Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Gender/Women's Rights Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Travel Ban #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan