Defenders Database

Halla Barakat

• Syria
• Istanbul

• Female

• Journalist
• Woman human rights defender

• Murdered

Hamad Al-Kharousi

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Hunger strike
• Trumped up charges

Hamad Al-Shamsi

• UAE

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Accused of terrorism
• Charged
• Exiled
• Life imprisonment
• Revoked citizenship
• Sentenced in absentia
• Unfair trial

Hamad Al-Swaihit

• Qatar

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Judicial harassment
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• No family visits and/or calls
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Targeted

Hamad Al‑Olayan

• Kuwait

• Male

• Politician

• Accused of sedition
• Released on bail
• Sentenced
• Travel ban

Hamad bin Ayedh bin Khajim Al-Marri

• Qatar

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Judicial harassment
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Denial access to a lawyer
• No family visits and/or calls
• Targeted

Hamad Rashid Al-Marri

• Qatar

• Male

• Human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• No family visits and/or calls
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted

Hamam Mubarak

• Kuwait
• Al Jahra

• Male

Hamdi Al-Tlili

• Tunisia

• Male

• Journalist

• Detained
• Physical Assault
• Prohibition to practice Journalism
• Targeted