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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
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the open archive
87
Currently held
detained · sentenced · on trial
57
In exile or under
transnational repression
11
In memoriam
killed for their work
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Filtered cases
HM-EG-2026-048
Released
Ahmed Samir Santawy
Ahmed Samir Santawy, a graduate student researching women's reproductive rights in Egypt, was sentenced to four years in prison by an emergency…
Hunger strike
Open case file
HM-XX-2026-030
Under restriction
Jalal Bouchaab
Jalal Bouchaab is a Sahrawi student-rights defender arrested in September 2021 after a peaceful demonstration in Guelmim, held on charges of unlawful…
Open case file
HM-EG-2026-013
Sentenced
Ahmed Hassan
Ahmed Hassan was 18 when he disappeared on 1 April 2019, en route to a graphic design course in Cairo. Seven years…
Open case file
HM-MA-2026-002
Under restriction
El Hussein Amaadour
El Hussein Amaadour is a Sahrawi student organizer and advocate for self-determination, imprisoned for leading university protests. He is held in Bouizakarne…
Medical urgency
Open case file
HM-MA-2023-001
Detained
Al-Hussein Al-Bashir Ibrahim
Al-Hussein Al-Bashir Ibrahim is a Sahrawi human rights monitor who has endured years of racialized abuse, medical neglect, and repeated punitive transfers…
Hunger strike
Day 1,170 · since 2023-03-23
HM-EG-2024-002
On trial
Yousef Eldaly
Yousef Eldaly was arrested at 19 on his way to buy snacks for a family film night. He spent two months disappeared,…
Day 795 · since 2024-04-01
HM-EG-2026-004
On trial
Mohamed Adel
Mohamed Adel, former spokesperson for the April 6 Youth Movement, has been detained since June 2018. Authorities have denied him surgery for…
Medical urgency
Day 2,926 · since 2018-06-01