Defenders Database

Dr. Sarah Ammar Al-Aboudi

• Iraq
• Basra

• Female

• Professor

• Murdered

Dr. Taha Al-Derazi

• Bahrain
• Duraz

• Male

• Doctor
• Human rights defender

• Charged
• Arrested

Dr. Yousif Saleh Ali Al-Bawab

• Yemen
• Sana’a

• Male

• Academic
• Human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Beaten
• Detained
• Enforced disappearance
• Physical Assault
• Pre-trial detention
• Solitary confinement
• Tortured
• Unfair and poor prison conditions

Duaa Al-Asadi

• Iraq
• Nasiriyah

• Female

• Activist
• Paramedic

• Accused of sedition

Duaa Al-Wadaei

• Bahrain
• London

• Female

• Travel ban
• Family threats
• Verbally intimidated

Duaa Sharaf

• MENA
• Gaza

• Female

• Journalist

• Killed
• Targeted

Durgham Khreibet

• Iraq
• Babylon

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Tortured
• Defamation

Ebrahim Al-Demstani

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Nurse

• Tortured
• Arrested
• Ill-treated
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Hunger strike
• Beaten
• Travel ban

Ebtisam Al-Sayegh

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Female

• Woman human rights defender

• Tortured
• Sexual abuse
• Hunger strike
• Solitary confinement