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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.
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87
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57
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HM-LY-2026-001
At risk
Mansour Mohamed Atti Al-Maghrabi
Mansour Mohamed Atti Al-Maghrabi produces "Shatt al-Hurriya," a satirical TV series about everyday life in Libya. Armed men abducted him in June…
Open case file
HM-SD-2026-008
Killed
Bahjaa Abdelaa Abdelaa
Bahjaa Abdelaa Abdelaa was a 26-year-old economist and women's rights defender in Darfur who supported survivors of sexual violence. She was shot…
Open case file
HM-SD-2026-006
Sentenced
Abubakr Mansour Abdela
Abubakr Mansour Abdela is a lawyer who stayed in his hometown when the war came to Sudan in 2023, distributing medicine and…
Open case file
HM-SD-2026-003
Detained
Al-Fadil Ismail
Al-Fadil Ismail volunteers with the Emergency Response Room in Zalingei, Darfur, and coordinates aid in his community. He was arrested from his…
Open case file
HM-TN-2024-001
Detained
Abdallah Saïd
Abdallah Saïd was arrested in Tunisia on 12 November 2024 and charged with money laundering, forming a criminal association, and undermining state…
Day 570 · since 2024-11-12
HM-TN-2024-002
Detained
Ikbel Khaled
Ikbel Khaled, a Tunisian municipal official, was arrested in May 2024 for signing a partnership agreement between the Municipality of Sousse and…
Day 765 · since 2024-05-01
HM-SA-2018-001
Imprisoned
Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan
Saudi Red Crescent aid worker forcibly disappeared in March 2018 over an anonymous satirical Twitter account. Sentenced to 20 years in prison…
Day 3,007 · since 2018-03-12