Status: Judicial Harassment Ajimuddin Sarkar 21 August 2024Human rights defender Ajimuddin Sarkar facing threats and judicial harassment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Threats / Intimidation Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Released Nahid Islam 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Nusrat Tabassum 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Sarjis Alam 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Abu Bakar Majumder 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Released Asif Mahmud 8 August 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Arrested Arif Sohel 2 August 2024Human rights defender Arif Sohel arrested and placed on a six-day remand by Dhaka court Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Incarcerated Mohammad Ahsan Untoo 1 August 2024Human rights defender Mohammad Ahsaan Untoo remains incarcerated under fabricated terror charges Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #India
Status: Released Hasnat Abdullah 30 July 2024Six human rights defenders from quota reform movement released after being coerced to announce the withdrawal of protests Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh
Status: Arrested Y Quynh Bdap 25 July 2024Human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap faces extradition to Vietnam by Thai authorities based on trumped up terrorism charges Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Vietnam
Status: Acquitted Haris Azhar 23 July 2024Human rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar, acquitted of defamation charges by the East Jakarta District Court Violations #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Asia Pacific #Indonesia