Defenders Database

Shahab Al-Yasiri

• Iraq
• Busra

• Male

• Activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Tortured
• Ill-treated

Shahla Ali

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sulaymaniyah

• Female

• Civil society activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Physical Assault

Shaikh Mohammed Al-Mahfoodh

• Bahrain
• Jaw

• Male

• Political activist

• Tortured
• Beaten
• Ill-treated

Shaima Jastaniah

• Saudi Arabia
• Al-Qatif

• Female

Shaimaa Al-Buqmi

• Saudi Arabia

• Female

• Woman human rights defender

• Detained

​Shaker Sattar

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sulaymaniyah

• Male

• Journalist

• Accused of sedition
• Defamation
• Detained
• Released on bail

Shamel Zamil

• Iraq

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Other

Sharaf Al-Mosawi

• Bahrain

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Travel ban
• Interrogation

Sharifeh Mohammadi

• Iran, Iran
• Rasht

• Female

• Activist
• Woman human rights defender

• Denial access to a lawyer
• Forced to give false confession
• Incommunicado detention
• No family visits and/or calls
• Sentenced to death
• Tortured