Defenders Database

Nouf Abdulaziz

• Saudi Arabia
• Riyadh

• Female

• Woman human rights defender
• Blogger

• Solitary confinement
• Tortured
• Sexual abuse
• Undisclosed location
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Ill-treated
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Unfair trial

Nour Al-Shilo

• Syria
• Atareb

• Female

• Civil society activist
• Journalist
• Woman human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Incommunicado detention
• No family visits and/or calls

Nour Farqi

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sulaymaniyah

• Female

• Civil society activist
• Teacher

• Arbitrary arrest and detention

Nourah Al-Qahtani

• Saudi Arabia

• Female

• Online activist

• Accused of terrorism
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Sentenced
• Targeted
• Travel ban

Obaid Saeed Waked

• Yemen
• Mukalla

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Denial access to a lawyer
• No family visits and/or calls
• Targeted

Obaid Yousef Al-Zaabi

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Blogger

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment

Omar Al-Khorousy

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male

Omar Al-Zayood

• Jordan
• Amman

• Male

• Publisher

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Trumped up charges

Omar Kulbi

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sulaymaniyah

• Male

• Political activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Targeted