Status: Released Kamira Nait Sid 3 September 2024Human rights defenders Kamira Nait Sid and Slimane Bouhafs released from prison Violations #Arbitrary detention #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Algeria
Status: Judicial Harrassment Soma Pourmohammadi 28 August 2024Soma Pourmohammadi acquitted of "forming groups" charge Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Arrested Esmail Gerami 13 August 2024Esmail Gerami arrested and charged In connection with pensioners’ protest Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Raid / Break-in / Theft Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Released Hasti Amiri 8 August 2024Hasti Amiri released from prison Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Imprisoned Reza Shahabi 25 July 2024The prison sentence of Reza Shahabi reduced to three and a half years as his health condition deteriorated Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Detained and Sentenced Jelveh Javaheri 18 July 2024Six Human Rights Defenders began serving sentences in Lakan prison Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Status: Sentenced Matin Yazadani 18 July 2024Three Women Human Rights Defenders granted temporary furlough before beginning their prison sentences Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Cheikh Banga Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Morocco #Western Sahara Rights #Human Rights #Self-Determination
Ayman Ghraieb Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Occupied Palestinian Territory Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Self-Determination
Wali Jabbar Nahi Alsaidi Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq Rights #Human Rights #Documenting / Monitoring Violations in Conflict #Protests / Assembly
Nawaf Khaled Jaiad Al Badri Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Protests / Assembly
Majeed Kathem Mohammed Al Dahami Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq Rights #Human Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Peacebuilding
Karar Adel Hussain Alzibidy Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq Rights #Human Rights #Impunity / Justice #Prisoner Rights
Ammar Khudaier Yasser Almousawy Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iraq Rights #Human Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Children's Rights
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 - Former Executive Director 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 - Former Executive Director 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 On 2nd Anniversary of Woman, Life, Freedom: Women and Human Rights Organisations Urgently Call for Release of Women Human Rights Defenders and Upholding of Women’s Rights in Iran Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Imprisonment Violations #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran
Statement Marking a year of oppression, fresh calls to scrap Cybercrime Law Rights #Civil & Political Rights #Freedom of Expression #Journalism Violations #Reprisals #Judicial Harassment #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Jordan
Statement Narges Mohammadi subjected to a physical attack in Evin prison alongside other prisoners Rights #Gender/Women's Rights #Imprisonment Violations #Arrest / Detention / Imprisonment #Physical Attack Location #Region: Middle East and North Africa #Iran