Defenders Database

Nasrin Sotoudeh

• Iran

• Female

• Lawyer
• Woman human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Detained
• Hunger strike
• Ill-treated
• Judicial harassment
• Prohibition to practice law
• Sentenced
• Targeted
• Travel ban
• Trumped up charges

Nasser Al-Shammari

• Kuwait
• Taimaa

• Male

Nasser Hussain Obaid

• Kuwait
• Taimaa

• Male

Nasser Saleh Al-Gailani

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Writer

• Denial access to a lawyer
• Trumped up charges

Nassima Al-Sadah

• Saudi Arabia
• Qatif

• Female

• Human rights defender

• Arrested
• Charged
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Solitary confinement
• Travel ban

Nawaf Al-Hendal

• Kuwait
• Taimaa

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Beaten
• Hunger strike
• Ill-treated
• Judicial harassment
• Verbally intimidated

Nawaf Al-Khaldi

• Kuwait
• Taimaa

• Male

Nawaf Fahad Saleh Al-Bader

• Kuwait
• Salmiya

• Male

Nawras Adnan

• Iraq
• Karbala

• Male

• Civil society activist
• Engineer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Targeted