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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
Filtered cases
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-EG-2026-005
Disappeared
Salah Soltan
Dr. Salah Soltan is a scholar, father of five, and grandfather of five American grandchildren. He has been detained in Egypt for…
Medical urgency
Open case file
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