Status: Acquitted Rozina Islam 26 August 2024Journalist and woman human rights defender Rozina Islam acquitted after three years and three months Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Judicial Harassment Ajimuddin Sarkar 21 August 2024Human rights defender Ajimuddin Sarkar facing threats and judicial harassment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Released Nahid Islam 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Nusrat Tabassum 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Sarjis Alam 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Abu Bakar Majumder 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Asif Mahmud 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
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
Hasnat Abdullah Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Student Rights / Education #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice #Protests / Assembly
Sarjis Alam Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Student Rights / Education #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice #Protests / Assembly
Abu Bakar Majumder 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 Joint Statement by the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan: Need for an Urgent Rethink of International Response to the Human Rights Crisis in Afghanistan Rights #Student Rights / Education #LGBT+ Rights #Human Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Minority Rights Violations #Violence #Physical Attack #Sexual Violence / Sexual Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan
Statement End human rights defender and journalist Irfan Mehraj’s 500-day imprisonment Rights #Imprisonment #Impunity / Justice #Journalism #Prisoner Rights Violations #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Statement Brutal violence and reprisals against human rights defenders and peaceful protesters attending the Baloch National Gathering in Gwadar Rights #Enforced Disappearances Violations #Reprisals #Surveillance #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan