Defenders Database

Mahvash Shahriari Sabet

• Iran

• Female

• Poet
• Woman human rights defender

• Arrested
• Sentenced

Maisa Saleh

• Syria
• Damascus

• Female

• Human rights defender
• TV presenter

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Suspension from work

Majali Othman Al-Samadi

• Yemen
• Sana’a

• Male

• Journalist

• Discrimination
• Physical Assault
• Suspension from work

Majed Yassin

• Yemen
• Ibb

• Male

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention

Majed Zaid

• Yemen
• Sana’a

• Male

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Undisclosed location

Majid bin Abdullah Al-Ruhaili

• Oman
• Muscat

• Male

• Lawyer
• Online activist

• Charged
• Incommunicado detention
• Kidnapped
• Solitary confinement

Malcolm Bidali

• Qatar

• Male

• Blogger
• Human rights defender

• Trumped up charges
• Judicial harassment
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Denial access to a lawyer
• Solitary confinement

Manahel Al-Otaibi

• Saudi Arabia

• Female

• Fitness trainer
• Women's rights advocate

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Beaten
• Charged
• Ill-treated
• Injured
• Sentenced
• Trumped up charges

Manal Al-Sharif

• Saudi Arabia
• Al-Qatif

• Female