Defenders Database

Bassem Al-Sheikh

• Iraq

• Male

• Editor-in-chief
• Journalist

• Targeted

Bassem Al-Zaak

• Iraq
• Baghdad

• Male

• Civil society activist
• Journalist

• Enforced disappearance
• Kidnapped
• Undisclosed location

Bassem Rahim

• Iraq

• Male

• Blogger

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Trumped up charges

Berivan Ayoub Hasan Dershi

• Iraq
• Erbil

• Female

• Civil society activist

• Hunger strike
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Unfair trial
• Ill-treated

Borhane Bsaïs

• Tunisia
• Tunis

• Male

• TV presenter

• Accused of sedition
• Sentenced
• Trumped up charges

Bouchra Chetouani

• MENA

• Female

• NGO Staff
• Woman human rights defender

Bushra Al-Absi

• Jordan

• Female

• Engineer
• Woman human rights defender

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

Bushra Al-Maqtari

• Yemen
• Taiz

• Female

• Activist
• Researcher
• Writer

• Injured

Chaima Issa

• Tunisia
• Tunis

• Female

• Political activist
• Women's rights advocate
• Writer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Re-arrested
• Sentenced
• Trumped up charges