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.
On 20 November 2018, human rights defender and photographer Shahidul Alam was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj, following 108 days of detention. The High Court had granted him bail on 15 November 2018. Shahidul Alam was detained at his home by members of the Detective Branch of Police on 5 August 2018. He appeared in court the following day, where he was charged with “spreading propaganda and false information against the government”.
