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#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia Pacific

Region: Asia PacificCases

Sentence completed

Qin Yongpei

1 November 2024

Qin Yongpei completes sentence

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

He Fangmei

31 October 2024

He Fangmei sentenced to five years and six months in prison

#Enforced Disappearance

#Region: Asia Pacific

30 October 2024

Yu Wensheng and Xu Yan convicted and sentenced for “inciting subversion of State power”

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Lu Siwei

29 October 2024

Human rights lawyer Lu Siwei detained in China after deportation from Laos

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Released on bail

15 October 2024

Human rights defender and Journalist Sajad Gul released on bail

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Human rights defender and trade union leader Anirudh Rajan arrested under anti-terror charges

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Chhim Sithor

30 September 2024

Woman human rights defender Chhim Sithar released after two years in prison

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia PacificHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Torture / Police Brutality

#Elections / Good Governance

#Freedom of Expression

#Impunity / Justice

Prakaidao Phurksakasemsuk

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Enforced Disappearances

#Impunity / Justice

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Enforced Disappearances

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Prisoner Rights

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Labour Rights / Trade Union

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Minority Rights

#Prisoner Rights

#Extractive Industries / Megaprojects

#Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

#Labour Rights / Trade Union

Media

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

Rights

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

Violations

#Defamation #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Bangladesh

Media

Strategies of Silence

Rights

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #China

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

#Physical Attack #COVID-19

Locations

#Region: Asia Pacific #China

Statement

Martin Ennals Award 2024 laureates announced

Rights

#Anti-Racism-/Discrimination #Gender/Women's Rights

Violations

#Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Torture / Ill-Treatment

Location

#Region: Europe and Central Asia #Tajikistan #Region: Asia Pacific #Afghanistan

Statement

Release human rights defender Idris Khattak who marks five years of unjust incarceration as reprisal for his human rights work

Rights

#Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict

Violations

#Enforced Disappearance #Reprisals #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Pakistan

Statement

Human Rights Defender G.N. Saibaba passes away

Rights

#Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Indigenous Peoples / Campesino Rights

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #India