Defenders Database

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Deceased

Dr. Orouba Barakat

  • Syria
  • Istanbul
  • Female
  • Woman human rights defender
  • Exiled
  • Murdered
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Imprisoned

Dr. Osama Al-Hasani

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Male
  • Academic
  • Human rights defender
  • Arbitrary arrest and detention
  • Unfair and poor prison conditions
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Imprisoned

Dr. Osama Hammoud Al-Shabami

  • Yemen
  • Sana’a
  • Male
  • Academic
  • Businessman
  • Arbitrary arrest and detention
  • No family visits and/or calls
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Other

Dr. Qusay Shafiq

  • Iraq
  • Male
  • Journalist
  • Arbitrary arrest and detention
  • Targeted
  • Trumped up charges
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Deceased

Dr. Riham Yaqoub

  • Iraq
  • Basra
  • Female
  • Activist
  • Doctor
  • Fitness trainer
  • Woman human rights defender
  • Death threats
  • Murdered
  • Targeted
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Active

Dr. Sabry Mus’ad Ibrahim Shalaby

  • Egypt
  • Jeddah
  • Male
  • Physician
  • Accused of terrorism
  • Arbitrary arrest and detention
  • Hunger strike
  • Ill-treated
  • No family visits and/or calls
  • Solitary confinement
  • Trumped up charges
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Other

Dr. Safaa Zaman

  • Kuwait
  • Kuwait
  • Female
  • Professor
  • Interrogation
  • Charged
  • Verbally intimidated
  • Trumped up charges
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Imprisoned

Dr. Saif Mohammed Al-Ajla

  • UAE
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Male
  • Human rights defender
  • Sentenced
  • Judicial harassment
  • Unfair trial
  • Arbitrary arrest and detention
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At Risk

Dr. Salman Al-Oudah

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Male
  • Religious leader
  • Arbitrary arrest and detention
  • Ill-treated
  • Medical negligence
  • No family visits and/or calls
  • Solitary confinement
  • Tortured
  • Unfair and poor prison conditions
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