Status: Incarcerated Mohammad Ahsan Untoo 1 August 2024Human rights defender Mohammad Ahsaan Untoo remains incarcerated under fabricated terror charges Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Released Hasnat Abdullah 30 July 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: 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
Status: Detained Ilham Mahmudi 17 May 2024Detention of environmental human rights defender Ilham Mahmudi Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia
Status: Released Ahmad Fahim Azimi 7 May 2024Human rights defender Ahmad Fahim Azimi sentenced to one year imprisonment by the Taliban court, in Kabul Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan