#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia Pacific

Region: Asia PacificCases

Family member disappeared

Woman human rights defender Fozia Baloch’s brother forcibly disappeared in Karachi

#Enforced Disappearance

#Arbitrary detention

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng released after completing sentence

#Judicial Harassment

#Arbitrary detention

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Physical Attack

Acid Attack Against Human Rights Defender Andrie Yunus

#Physical Attack

#Threats / Intimidation

#Region: Asia Pacific

Hadi Ali Chattha

30 January 2026

Pakistan: Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha sentenced to 17 years imprisonment

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

30 January 2026

Pakistan: Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha sentenced to 17 years imprisonment

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

23 January 2026

Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha violently arrested despite court order

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

Hadi Ali Chattha

23 January 2026

Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha violently arrested despite court order

#Judicial Harassment

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia PacificHRDs, WHRDS & Organizations

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Enforced Disappearances

#Torture / Police Brutality

#Civil & Political Rights

Alma Kahlos - Grants Coordinator - Asia

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Gender/Women's Rights

#Access to Healthcare

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Enforced Disappearances

#Civil & Political Rights

#Protests / Assembly

Pimsiri Petchnamrob

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Gender/Women's Rights

#Civil & Political Rights

#Freedom of Expression

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Student Rights / Education

#Region: Asia Pacific

#Housing Rights / Forced Evictions

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

China: Authorities Must Release Arbitrarily Detained Human Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng At The End Of His Sentence And Ensure His Full Freedom

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice

Violations

#Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Surveillance

Location

#China #Region: Asia Pacific

Statement

India: Kashmiri journalist and human rights defender Irfan Mehraj held for three-years in pre-trial detention

Rights

#Freedom of Expression

Violations

#Arbitrary detention

Location

#India #Region: Asia Pacific

Statement

Overturn sentence against woman human rights defender Pimsiri ‘Mook’ Petchnamrob and other pro-democracy defenders

Rights

#Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression #Protests / Assembly

Violations

#Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Judicial Harassment #Reprisals #Travel Ban

Location

#Region: Asia Pacific #Thailand