Status: Arrested Suneeta Pottam 5 May 2025Woman human rights defender Suneeta Pottam arrested by the National Investigation Agency Violations #Reprisals #Smear Campaign #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Forcibly Removed Beebow Baloch 25 April 2025Woman human rights defender Beebow Baloch beaten, forcibly removed from prison custody Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Arrested Gulzadi Baloch 9 April 2025Woman human rights defender Gulzadi Baloch arrested Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Violence Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Judicial Harassment Dr. Sabiha Baloch 9 April 2025Baloch woman human rights defender Sabiha Baloch facing risk of imminent arrest and reprisals against her family Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Detained Beebow Baloch 9 April 2025Father of Baloch woman human rights defender Beebow Baloch arrested Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Re-Arrested Sammi Deen Baloch 28 March 2025Sammi Deen Baloch re-arrested by Karachi Police Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Status: Detained Dr. Mahrang Baloch 28 March 2025Baloch woman human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch arrested and denied proper treatment in prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan
Gulzadi Baloch Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Human Rights
Hadi Ali Chattha Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan Rights #Enforced Disappearances #Freedom of Expression #Minority Rights
Nahid Hasan Knowledge Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Environmental Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Religion
Sazzadur Rahman (Rakhal Raha) Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Human Rights #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union
Ringrong Mro Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh Rights #Environmental Rights #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino 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 Civil Society groups condemn the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Journalist Zhang Zhan Rights #Freedom of Expression Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #China
Statement Bangladesh: Stop criminalising student leaders’ peaceful protests Rights #Human Rights #Protests / Assembly Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Statement Pakistan: Calling for the immediate release of Dr. Mahrang Baloch and an end to the crackdown on Baloch human rights defenders and protesters Rights #Enforced Disappearances Violations #Enforced Disappearance #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan