Defenders Database

Hiba Ezzideen Al-Hajji

• Syria
• Idlib

• Female

• Woman human rights defender
• Women's rights advocate

• Death threats
• Defamation
• Family threats
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted
• Trumped up charges

Hichem Ben Khaled

• Tunisia

• Male

• Judge

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Physical Assault
• Sentenced
• Suspension from work

Hilal Al-Alawi

• Oman
• Sohar

• Male

• Blogger
• Human rights defender
• Online activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Hunger strike
• Incommunicado detention
• Interrogation
• No family visits and/or calls
• Sentenced
• Unfair trial

Hilal Salem Al-Towayyah

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male

Hisham Kassem

• Egypt
• Cairo

• Male

• Political activist
• Publisher

• Accused of sedition
• Sentenced in absentia

Hisham Mohammed Al-Khazali

• Iraq
• Basra

• Male

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Tortured
• Murdered
• Beaten

Hogir Mihemed

• Syria
• Abu Fas

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Journalist

• Injured
• Murdered

Homa Hoodfar

• Iran
• Tehran

• Female

• Professor

• Arrested
• Denial access to a lawyer
• No family visits and/or calls
• Interrogation

Hoshyar Mohammed

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sulaymaniyah

• Male

• Reporter

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Tortured