Defenders Database

Dr Ali Al-Ekri

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Paediatric orthopaedic surgeon
• Doctor

• Tortured
• Arrested
• Ill-treated
• Solitary confinement
• Arbitrary arrest and detention

Dr Fatima Al-Mattar

• Kuwait
• Taimaa

• Female

Dr Hala Al-Doseri

• Saudi Arabia
• Jeddah

• Female

Dr Hussain Ali Al-Najjar Al-Hammadi

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Male

• Teacher

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment

Dr Ibrahim Al-Yasi

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment

Dr Mohammed Al-Mansoori

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Male

• Lawyer

• Accused of terrorism
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Life imprisonment
• Sentenced
• Solitary confinement
• Unfair trial

Dr Mohammed Al-Roken

• UAE
• Abu Dhabi

• Male

• Lawyer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Ill-treated
• Judicial harassment
• No family visits and/or calls
• Sentenced
• Solitary confinement
• Tortured
• Unfair trial

Dr Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani

• Saudi Arabia
• Riyadh

• Male

• Academic
• Economist
• Human rights defender
• Professor

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Hunger strike
• Sentenced
• Solitary confinement
• Travel ban
• Unfair trial

Dr Nada Dhaif

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Female

• Doctor
• Human rights defender

• Arrested
• Forced to give false confession
• Harassed
• Sentenced
• Tortured
• Unfair trial
• Verbally intimidated