Over the past few days, indigenous human rights defender Cacique Babau made public the existence of a plot to kill him and five of his family members. He received information about the plot at the end of January 2019. The human rights defender has asked national and Bahia state authorities to put protection measures in place.
On 11 January 2019, the vehicle in which Alfamir Castillo Bermúdez was travelling was shot at by two unidentified men on a motorcycle while she was on her way to Pradera, Valle del Cauca. This is the latest in a series of threats and incidents, which have increased since the end of 2018, against the woman human rights defender.
On 25 January 2019, human rights defender Shila Bewa was harassed and intimidated by Border Security Force (BSF) officers while putting up posters around the river bank areas of Toltoli village in Ghospara Gram Panchayet, West Bengal, India.
The State Security Prosecutor at the Cairo Criminal Court ordered the release of woman human rights defender Amal Fathy on precautionary measures, pending case 621/2018.
On 25 June 2017, human rights defender Stephen Kinuthia Mwangi was subjected to intimidation by two police officers in plain clothes in Mathare, a neighbourhood in the eastern part of Nairobi, Kenya. This followed an earlier incidence of intimidation on 20 June 2017 when Stephen Kinuthia Mwangi was reportedly prevented by police from returning home for four hours.
On 17 November 2018, Bangladeshi human rights organisation Odhikar reported at a press conference that it is facing indimidation and a smear campaign. A series of fabricated media reports criticising the organisation began after the Election Commission of Bangladesh abruptly cancelled the registration of Odhikar as an election observer on 8 November 2018, without any notice.
