Right to access and communicate with international bodies

• China: Student protesters detained after talking to foreign media
  February 2, 2019

  On 21 January 2019, seven members of Marxism study groups at two top universities were detained amid a nationwide crackdown on Maoist supporters of a labor movement in the southern province of Guangdong.

• Thailand: Former Political Prisoner, Truong Duy Nhat, Disappeared In Thailand After Seeking Refugee Status With UN
  February 2, 2019

  On 25 January 2019, Truong Duy Nhat, former political prisoner, disappeared; he was last seen at the office of the UN HCR – The Refugee Agency in Bangkok, Thailand.

• Vietnam: Vietnamese Police Torch Farm Equipment of Dissident Religious Figure
  November 14, 2018

  On 9 November 2018, Hua Phi—head of the Cao Dai Church in Lam Dong province’s Duc Trong district and a strong advocate for freedom of religion and belief – came home to find that his property had been set on fire by police who were angered that he had escaped their surveillance in order to meet with U.S. diplomats in Saigon

• Thailand: Rights Activist Detained in Deep South
  August 3, 2018

  On 1 August 2018, Burhan Buraheng of the human rights group Jaringan Mangsa Dari Undang-Undang Darurat (JASAD) was arrested under martial law provisions, and have been held in a military camp without access to a lawyer or effective safeguards against mistreatment.

• China: Chinese Police Block Lawyer Hired For Ink-Splash Woman in Mental Hospital
  August 1, 2018

  On 31 July 2018, it was reported that Dong Yaoqiong, who was ent for “compulsory treatment” after she streamed live video of herself splashing ink on a poster of Chinese president Xi Jinping in a protest at “authoritarian tyranny” on July 4, was prevented from talking to her lawyer to represent her.

• Vietnam: Vietnam Activists Harassed after Meeting with Foreign Diplomats, Second Harassment within Week
  November 22, 2017

  On 21 November 2017. Activists Harassed after Meeting with Foreign Diplomats, Second Harassment within Week in Hanoi, Vietnam.

• Vietnam: Vietnamese Activists Detained After Meeting with EU Delegation
  November 17, 2017

  On 16 November 2017. Vietnamese Activists were detained after meeting with EU Delegation, in Hanoi, Vietnam.

• China: China is keeping Liu Xia, widow of human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, from talking to the world
  August 4, 2017

  One month since Liu Xiaobo passed away, his wife, Liu Xia’s whereabouts was kept secret by Chinese officials. Officials claimed that Liu Xia is “free.” Which is hardly reassuring.

• Sri Lanka: Human Rights Organizations call on Sri Lanka to ensure safety of two HRDs: Nimalka Fernando and Sunanda Deshapriva
  April 18, 2017

  Since the adoption of the resolution on 23rd March, Ms. Nimalka Fernando and Mr. Sunanda Deshapriya have been subject to smear campaigns online, which would pose them to a risk for attack, intimidation and harassment.

• Myanmar: authorities prevent U.N. Rights envoy from visiting conflict areas of Kachin State
  January 11, 2017

  On 10 January 2016, Myanmar authorities prohibited the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights to the country, Yanghee Lee, from visiting the towns of Laiza and Hpakant in violence-rocked Kachin state, officially for ‘security reason’. U.N officials have been critical of the government’s handling of the Rakhine crisis, specifically the denial of access by independent media and international humanitarian groups to areas affected by the violence.