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Alkarama for Human Rights, 8 June 2007

Abdul Rahman Ma’ath Thafir, a Saudi citizen, was found dead in his cell on 29 May 2007 at GuantanamoBay camp.  The American military authorities concluded that it was an “apparent suicide.”

Alkarama for Human Rights has referred the case of Ahmed Ali Abdullah, a Yemeni national born 9 March 1969 and detained at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp from 2002 until his death, to the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions.

Good news for human rights activists and victims of abuses in the Arab world, especially those living in Britain: the British courts have ruled today that it is not possible to hand over Libyan nationals to the Libyan government, due to its being a government that not only has a horrifying human rights record but also lacks any credibility, whose leader, Qaddafi, cannot be trusted.

Alkarama has organised a training course for human rights defenders in Doha, Qatar, 28-30 March 2007.
This course was taken by more than 25 human rights lawyers and activists from many Arab countries.

 

Doha Training Course

 

The main topics addressed in this course were:

Alkarama, July 19, 2006

 

Alkarama, June 19, 2006 

With the first meeting of the UNHRC taking place today, major aspersions have been cast over the ability of the body to be able to function in an effective manner. The presence of Arab states of torture on the member list raises questions as to the bona fide nature of this body.

Alkarama, June 8, 2006

The release of the Council of Europe report on 7th June 2006 by Rappoteur Dick Marty of Switzerland revealed damning evidence of international complicity in criminal renditions that have been taking place. There is no legal or legitimate process of rendition under International Law and thus any transfer of detainees outside of the legal process of extradition must be considered to be a criminal act.