Human rights defender Mr Parvez Aslam Choudhry has recently received death threats as a result of his human rights activities. Parvez Aslam Choudhry is the Chairperson of Legal Aid for the Destitute and Settlement (LADS) in Lahore, a non-governmental organisation which provides legal aid to marginalised people who are either falsely implicated by the police or unable to afford legal assistance themselves. Over the years LADS has represented hundreds of people pro bono. In 2003, Parvez Aslam Choudhry was awarded the Bishop John Joseph Award by Pakistan Minorities Front for his outstanding work in defending the rights of minorities at considerable personal risk. More recently, he was nominated for the 2009 Human Rights Award by the European Union Bar Council. Front Line previously issued appeals in relation to Parvez Aslam Choudhry on 13 March 2009 and 15 April 2008. 

Human rights defender Mr Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was arrested on 3 February 2010. Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi is a journalist and a member of the Central Council of the Human Rights Organisation of Kurdistan. He is also a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, working for an end to gender discrimination in Iran. 

Human rights lawyer Devi Singh Rawat was arbitrarily arrested on 31 January 2010 and subsequently ill-treated whilst in detention. Devi Singh Rawat works actively on torture cases in India. He was involved in the National Project on Prevention of Torture (NPPT) in India between 2006 and 2008. In January 2010, on the request of the State Law Officer of the NPPT, Devi Singh Rawat filed a case against officials from the Adarsh Nagar Police Station in the Ajmer District of Rajasthan for the torture of two individuals. Although the police officials tried on 30 January 2010 to persuade him to withdraw the case, Devi Singh Rawat refused to do so.