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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-DZ-2026-008
Under restriction
Faleh Hammoudi
Head of the Tlemcen office of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights, convicted to three years in prison for…
Open case file
HM-XX-2026-031
Detained
Jamal Ahrouch
Jamal Ahrouch is a Sahrawi trade unionist arrested after participating in a peaceful demonstration in Gulemim. He has been held in Bouizakarne…
Open case file
HM-DZ-2026-001
Under restriction
Kaddour Chouicha
University lecturer and vice-president of Algeria's League for the Defence of Human Rights, charged with terrorism offences for his work with the…
Open case file
HM-SD-2026-005
Detained
Abdelwahab Ahmed Mohamed Hashem “Bob”
Abdelwahab Ahmed Mohamed Hashem—known to friends and colleagues as Bob—leads the Workers' Coordination Committee in North Kordofan, advocating for public employees amid…
Open case file
HM-EG-2020-002
Disappeared
Ahmed Amasha
Ahmed Amasha is a veterinarian, trade unionist, and co-founder of the League for Families of the Disappeared. He has been arrested twice,…
Day 2,196 · since 2020-06-01
HM-DZ-2025-001
Sentenced
Ali Mammeri
Ali Mammeri is a public sector employee and trade union president who founded the Independent National Union of Employees in the Culture…
Day 444 · since 2025-03-19
HM-EG-2017-002
Detained
Ahmed Abdelsattar Amasha
Ahmed Abdelsattar Amasha is a lawyer, trade unionist, and environmental defender who documented enforced disappearances and torture in Egypt. He was disappeared…
Medical urgency
Day 3,375 · since 2017-03-10
HM-EG-2020-005
Detained
Ahmed Hamdy Abou Zeid Al-Tanoubi
Ahmed Hamdy Abou Zeid Al-Tanoubi is a journalist, trade unionist, and researcher at the Arab Observatory for Media Freedom who has spent…
Day 2,265 · since 2020-03-24