Defenders Database

Mazen Darwish

• Syria
• Damascus

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Journalist
• Lawyer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Enforced disappearance
• Exiled
• Incommunicado detention
• Travel ban

Mazen Latif

• Iraq

• Male

• Publisher
• Writer

• Enforced disappearance
• Kidnapped
• Undisclosed location

Mazen Mahdi

• Bahrain
• Manama

• Male

• Photojournalist

• Injured
• Judicial harassment

Maziar Bahari

• Iran

• Male

• Journalist

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Judicial harassment
• Targeted
• Tortured

Medya Kamal Hassan

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sinjar

• Female

• Journalist

• Injured
• Killed

Mehdi Zagrouba

• Tunisia

• Male

• Human rights defender
• Lawyer

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Tortured

Mehran Ramadan

• Iraqi Kurdistan
• Sulaymaniyah

• Female

• Journalist
• Reporter

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Targeted
• Undisclosed location

Mehraveh Khandan

• Iran

• Female

• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Physical Assault

Mesaed Al-Musaileem

• Kuwait

• Male

• Blogger

• Accused of sedition
• Arbitrary arrest and detention
• Arrested
• Deported
• Exiled
• Judicial harassment
• Sentenced in absentia
• Trumped up charges