Defenders Database

Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Razzaq Al-Siddiq

• UAE
• Sharjah

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Teacher

• Accused of terrorism
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Life imprisonment
• No family visits and/or calls
• Revoked citizenship
• Tortured

Sheikh Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdad

• Bahrain
• Sitra

• Male

• Activist
• Religious leader

• Arrested
• Beaten
• Sexual abuse
• Tortured

Sheikh Saeed Merza Ahmed Al-Nouri

• Bahrain
• Jaw

• Male

• Religious leader

• Tortured
• Beaten
• Arrested
• Unfair trial

Sheikh Sulaiman Al-Reshoudi

• Saudi Arabia
• Jeddah

• Male

• Lawyer
• Former judge

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Incommunicado detention
• Solitary confinement
• Unfair trial
• Travel ban

Sheikh Zuhair Ashour

• Bahrain

• Male

• Political activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Enforced disappearance
• Solitary confinement
• Targeted
• No family visits and/or calls
• Death threats
• Tortured
• Trumped up charges
• Sentenced

Sheikha Al-Jassem

• Kuwait

• Female

Sherifa Riahi

• Tunisia
• Tunis

• Female

• Woman human rights defender

• Pre-trial detention
• Trumped up charges
• Unfair and poor prison conditions

Shervin Hajipour

• Iran, Iran
• Babolsar

• Male

• Artist

• Accused of sedition
• Charged
• Travel ban

Sherwan Amin Sherwani

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Erbil

• Male

• Civil society activist
• Freelance journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Sentenced
• Targeted
• Unfair and poor prison conditions
• Unfair trial