Status: Hunger Strike Esmail Abdi 13 May 2022Human rights defender Esmail Abdi on hunger strike again Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Arbitrary Detention Masoud Nikkhah 13 May 2022Arbitrary detention of HRDs and members of ITTA Marivan Branch Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Arbitrary Detention Shaban Mohammadi 13 May 2022Arbitrary detention of HRDs and members of ITTA Marivan Branch Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Arb Eskandar Lotfi 13 May 2022Arbitrary detention of HRDs and members of ITTA Marivan Branch Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Imprisoned Saba Kord Afshari 29 April 2022Prison sentence of Saba Kord Afshari reduced to five years Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Acquitted Rasha Azab 29 April 2022Rasha Azab acquitted of charges Violations #Defamation #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Egypt
Status: Sentenced Mohad Gasmi 28 April 2022Mohad Gasmi sentenced to 3 years Violations #Arbitrary detention Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Masoud Nikkhah Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran Rights #Student Rights / Education #Freedom of Association
Eskandar Lotfi Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran Rights #Student Rights / Education #Children's Rights #Labour Rights / Trade Union
Jafar Ebrahimi Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran Rights #Student Rights / Education
Malik Abu Orabi Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Jordan Rights #Economic, Social & Cultural Rights #Corruption
Mohamed Eldai Musa Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Sudan Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict
Media Unsafe Anywhere: Women Human Rights Defenders Speak Out About Pegasus Attacks Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Freedom of Expression #Labour Rights / Trade Union Violations #Surveillance #Cyber-Attack Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Bahrain #Jordan
18 October 2016 High Price for Human Rights Activism in the Middle East Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Cyber-Activism #Freedom of Association #Freedom of Expression Violations #Defamation #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Killing #Torture / Ill-Treatment Locations #Region: Middle East and North Africa
14 August 2019 by Andrew Anderson It is human rights defenders who through their struggle define human rights Rights #Student Rights / Education #Torture / Police Brutality #LGBT+ Rights #Environmental Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Citizen Participation #Freedom of Expression #Imprisonment #Protests / Assembly #Corruption Violations #Reprisals #Surveillance #Arbitrary detention #Killing Locations #Global #Region: Asia Pacific #China #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Saudi Arabia #Region: Americas #Brazil
26 April 2019 by Andrew Anderson Gloss, Not Glory: The Dangerous Game of Sportswashing Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Gender/Women's Rights #Impunity / Justice #Prisoner Rights #Corruption Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Killing #Torture / Ill-Treatment Locations #Azerbaijan #Spain #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Saudi Arabia #United Arab Emirates (UAE) #Yemen #Senegal
Statement Arrests, judicial harassment and arbitrary detention of human rights defenders and members of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association Rights #Student Rights / Education #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Statement Call for the immediate release to Ireland on medical grounds of prominent human rights defender and dual Danish-Bahraini citizen, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Imprisonment #Prisoner Rights Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arbitrary detention #Other Harassment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Bahrain
Statement Iran: Authorities violating absolute prohibition of torture through harassment of witnesses involved in Iran Atrocities Tribunal Rights #Torture / Police Brutality #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict Violations #Judicial Harassment #Violence #Torture / Ill-Treatment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran