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Samer Al-Faraj

Samer Faraj

Bent Al-Rafedain

Samer Faraj is a human rights defender and social media blogger who promotes political and civil rights in Iraq. He also documents human rights violations in the country. He is a member of ‘Bent Al-Rafedain’, an organisation which promotes women’s rights in Iraq.


Human rights defenders in Iraq have been subjected to attack, harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention without trial. Despite the fact that Iraq became a party to the Convention Against Torture in July 2011, torture and ill-treatment in camps and detention centres remains widespread, including against imprisoned human rights defenders and democracy activists.