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Living Archive
Defenders.
An open record of human rights defenders across the Middle East and North Africa. Every entry is a case file — dated, sourced, and kept current.
173
Records on
the open archive
87
Currently held
detained · sentenced · on trial
57
In exile or under
transnational repression
11
In memoriam
killed for their work
The Record
Currently held
HM-TN-2025-003
Detained
Chaima Issa)
Chaïma Issa was sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Tunisian Court of Appeal on charges of conspiracy against state security…
Hunger strike
Day 521 · since 2025-01-01
HM-BH-2011-002
Imprisoned
Abduljalil Al-Singace
Bahraini academic and human rights defender serving life imprisonment since 2011. On a liquid-only hunger strike since July 2021 in protest at…
Hunger strike
Day 5,560 · since 2011-03-17
HM-EG-2020-003
Disappeared
Marwa Arafa
A university professor of English literature and translator held since 2020 after supporting families of political detainees. She was arrested in front…
Medical urgency
Day 2,238 · since 2020-04-20