Mansour Omari

Mansour Omari

Syrian human rights defender and legal researcher

Mansour Omari is a Syrian human rights defender and legal researcher. He holds an LLM in Transitional Justice and Conflict. Omari works with international and Syrian human rights organizations to hold the perpetrators of international crimes in Syria accountable. In 2012, Omari was detained and tortured by the Syrian government for 356 days for documenting its atrocities while working with the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression as the supervisor of the Detainees Office.