Defenders Database

Yasser Al-Hamdani

• Iraq

• Male

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Charged
• Medical negligence
• Re-arrested
• Targeted
• Unfair and poor prison conditions

Yasser Al-Nasseri

• Yemen
• Sana’a

• Male

• Journalist

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

Yasser Al-Saleem

• Syria
• Kafr Nabl

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Lawyer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted

Yasser El-Juboori

• Iraq
• Dublin

• Male

• Blogger
• Online activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Beaten
• Harassed
• Hunger strike

Yassine Mahjoub

• Tunisia
• Tunis

• Male

• Photojournalist

• Arrested
• Prohibition to practice Journalism

Yazid Hassoun Effat

• Iraq
• Salah al-Din

• Male

• Activist
• Human rights defender

• Sentenced
• Defamation
• Charged
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Targeted

Yeganeh Salehi

• Iran
• Tehran

• Female

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted

Yehia Al-Khorousy

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male

Younis Abdulsalam Ahmed Abdulrahman

• Yemen
• Sanaa

• Male

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Enforced disappearance
• No family visits and/or calls
• Solitary confinement