Defenders Database

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

Mahmood Mansoor

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Unfair trial
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Trumped up charges
• Tortured
• Forced to give false confession

Mahmoud Abdul-Ridha Al-Jazeeri

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Journalist

• Accused of terrorism
• Arrested
• Ill-treated
• Judicial harassment
• Revoked citizenship
• Sentenced
• Trumped up charges
• Unfair and poor prison conditions

Mahmoud Al-Atmi

• Yemen
• Aden

• Male

• Journalist

• Death threats
• Injured
• Targeted