Defenders Database

Luqman Najm

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Erbil

• Male

• Civil society activist
• Teacher

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Charged
• Re-arrested

Ma’suma Sayyid Sharaf

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Female

• Woman human rights defender
• Activist

• Ill-treated
• Arbitrary arrest and detention

Maasomma Al-Sayed

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Harassed
• Judicial harassment

Madeha Al-Ajroush

• Saudi Arabia
• Riyadh

• Female

• Woman human rights defender
• Photographer
• Psychotherapist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment

Mahaliah Abdulwahab Al-Baadani

• Yemen
• Sanaa

• Female

• Actress

• Alleged adultery
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Sentenced
• Trumped up charges
• Unfair trial

Mahdi Abu Deeb

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Teacher

• Arrested
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Ill-treated
• No family visits and/or calls
• Solitary confinement
• Tortured

Mahdieh Golrou

• Iran
• Isfahan

• Female

• Woman human rights defender

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Solitary confinement
• Judicial harassment
• Verbally intimidated

Maher Tahan

• Syria
• Damascus

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Political activist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Enforced disappearance
• Undisclosed location

Mahmood Hamad

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male