Defenders Database

Shihab Alwan

• Yemen
• Sana’a

• Male

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Forced to give false confession
• Incommunicado detention
• Sentenced to death
• Tortured
• Unfair and poor prison conditions
• Unfair trial

Shima Goosheh

• Iran
• Tehran

• Female

• Lawyer
• Woman human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted

Shwan Saber Kurdi

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Erbil

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Lawyer

• Beaten
• Injured
• Physical Assault
• Targeted

Siamak Namazi

• Iran
• Evin

• Male

• Public policy scholar

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Solitary confinement
• Unfair and poor prison conditions

Siham Sergewa

• MENA
• Benghazi

• Female

• Political activist

• Enforced disappearance
• Kidnapped
• Undisclosed location

Sinan Al-Tabai

• Yemen

• Male

• Artist

• Death threats
• Harassed

Sipan Salim Hassan Amidi

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Duhok

• Male

• Journalist
• Political activist

• Enforced disappearance
• Kidnapped
• Physical Assault

Sonia Dahmani

• Tunisia
• Tunis

• Female

• Lawyer
• Woman human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Arrested
• Beaten
• Judicial harassment
• Sentenced
• Sexual abuse

Souad Al-Shammari

• Saudi Arabia
• Jeddah

• Female