Defenders Database

Artur Ligeska

• UAE
• Amsterdam

• Male

• Activist
• Human rights defender
• Writer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Life imprisonment
• Raped
• Sentenced
• Solitary confinement

Arya Jafari

• Iran
• Isfahan

• Male

• Photojournalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted

Asaad Hanna

• Syria
• Damascus

• Male

• Civil society activist
• Journalist

• Death threats
• Exiled
• Injured
• Targeted

Ashraf Fayadh

• Saudi Arabia
• Abha

• Male

• Poet

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Unfair trial
• Sentenced
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Trumped up charges

Asim Ghafoor

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Male

• Lawyer
• Human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Targeted
• Sentenced in absentia

Asma Darwish

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Female

• Activist
• Human rights defender

• Arrested
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Hunger strike

Asma Khalifa Al-Suwaidi

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Female

Asmaa Al-Subaie

• Saudi Arabia

• Female

• Student
• Woman human rights defender

• Denial access to a lawyer
• Detained
• Enforced disappearance

Assad Hammad Al-Shammari

• Kuwait
• Taimaa

• Male