Defenders Database

Shawkat Garziddin

• Syria
• Douma

• Male

• Journalist

• Judicial harassment
• Sentenced in absentia
• Targeted
• Unfair trial

Shawq Al-Anzi

• Iraq
• Baghdad

• Female

• Blogger

• Murdered

Sheelan Dara Raouf

• Iraq
• Baghdad

• Female

• Pharmacist
• Paramedic
• Civil society activist

• Murdered
• Killed

Sheikh Abdulhadi Abdulla Al-Mukhodher

• Bahrain
• Al Grain

• Male

• Activist

• Solitary confinement
• Tortured
• Beaten
• Arrested
• Hunger strike

Sheikh Abduljalil Al-Muqdad

• Bahrain
• Jaw

• Male

• Political activist

• Tortured
• Beaten
• Arrested
• Ill-treated
• Family threats

Sheikh Abdullah Isa Mirza Al-Mahroos

• Bahrain
• Jaw

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Religious leader

• Tortured
• Beaten
• Arrested

Sheikh Al-Miqdad

• Bahrain

• Male

• Tortured
• Beaten
• Arrested

Sheikh Ali Salman

• Bahrain
• Jaw

• Male

• Politician
• Secretary general

• Arrested
• Life imprisonment
• Unfair and poor prison conditions

Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Kayed Mohammed Al-Qassimi

• UAE
• Ras Al-Khahima

• Male

• Political activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Sentenced
• Unfair trial