Maryam Al-Khawaja

Human rights defender

Maryam Al-Khawaja is a human rights defender from Bahrain and has been a leading voice on human rights in the Gulf. She is currently a human rights advisor and sits oin the boards of International Service for Human Rights and Urgent Action Fund. She formerly served as the Co-Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights. Maryam was Acting President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights when it won the Rafto Prize for human rights defenders in 2013.