Wael Hamada is a Syrian human rights defender and activist. He co-founded the Violations Documentation Center in Syria and the Local Coordination Committees, organisations dedicated to documenting human rights violations and coordinating peaceful protests during the Syrian uprising. Prior to the 2011 protests, Wael Hamada was arrested by the Syrian authorities for his activism. On 9 December 2013, Wael Hamada was abducted in Douma, along with his wife Razan Zeitouneh and colleagues Samira Khalil and Nazem Hamadi. The group, known as the “Douma Four,” was reportedly kidnapped by armed men, with suspicions pointing to the Islamist group Jaysh al-Islam, although the group denied involvement. Their whereabouts remain unknown, and their fate is uncertain.