#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia Pacific

Region: Asia PacificCases

3 December 2025

Thai authorities forcibly extradited human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap from Bangkok to Vietnam

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

3 November 2025

Hong Kon High Court rejects application to stay ‘inciting subversion of state power’ trial

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Lu Siwei released but still under surveillance

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Human rights defender Gulzar Dost detained in Balochistan

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Woman human rights defender and journalist Maria Ressa acquitted in anti-dummy case

#Judicial Harassment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa shackled in court during latest sentencing

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Woman human rights defender Suneeta Pottam arrested by the National Investigation Agency

#Smear Campaign

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia PacificHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

Tarsisius Fendy Sesupi

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Environmental Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Adetya Pramandira (Dera)

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Environmental Rights

#Gender/Women's Rights

#Impunity / Justice

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Student Rights / Education

#Environmental Rights

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Civil & Political Rights

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict

Molbog and Palaw’an communities

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Thai Lawyers for Human Rights

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Impunity / Justice

Media

Digital Security Act: A Hanging Sword on Human Rights Defenders in Bangladesh

Rights

#Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union #Student Rights / Education

Violations

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Defamation #Judicial Harassment

Location

#Bangladesh #Region: Asia Pacific

Media

Strategies of Silence

Rights

Location

#China #Region: Asia Pacific

Media

UPR Thailand 2021

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand

Blog

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

#COVID-19 #Physical Attack

Locations

#China #Region: Asia Pacific

Statement

Joint Statement – Indonesia: Release human rights defenders Dera Pramandira and Fathul Munif, uphold people’s right to peaceful protest

Rights

#Citizen Participation #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Human Rights

Violations

#Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation #Violence

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand

Statement

Pakistan: Judicial persecution of human rights defenders Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha

Rights

#Enforced Disappearances #Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Judicial Harassment

Location

#Pakistan #Region: Asia Pacific

Statement

India: Arbitrarily Detained Without Trial for Four Years - Khurram Parvez Must be Released

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Impunity / Justice

Violations

#Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#India #Region: Asia Pacific