Mansoor, who has been held in detention since March 2017, is among a handful of vocal human rights advocates in the Gulf country and received the 2015 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. 
Mansoor aliwekwa kizuini tangu Machi 2017, ni miongoni mwa mawakili wachache wanaotetea haki za binadamu katika nchi ya Guba ambaye alipewa tuzo ya watetezi wa haki za binadamu ya Martin Ennals mwaka 2015 .