On 3 March 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), regarding the disappearance of three Syrian citizens in Latakia between August 2011 and August 2012 following their arrest by members of the Security Forces.

Geneva, 17 March 2015

On 12 March 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the enforced disappearances of Ibrahim Ahmed Shaker, aged 20, Serag Eldin Ali Awad Abdel Mawla, 17, Metwally Abou Al Majd Suleiman Mohamed, 45 and his son Hisham Metwally Abou Al Majd Mohamed, 18.

On 8 March 2015, Omani human rights defender, Said Jadad was condemned to three years imprisonment by Muscat's Court of First Instance. Jadad is also still waiting for another trial before the Court of Salalah, which could subject him to further sanctions. While the criminal procedures against him in Muscat are based on the overly broad incrimination of "harming the State's prestige," the charges brought against him in Salalah are targeting his peaceful criticism of the State's repressive policies on social media.

On 12 March 2015, a coalition of 21 humanitarian and human rights organisations, including Alkarama, said in a joint report that the parties to the Syrian conflict and United Nations Member States, in particular Members of the UN Security Council (UNSC), have been "Failing Syria".

On 7 March 2015, the Egyptian authorities carried out their first execution since Morsi's ouster in July 2013, despite Alkarama's urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions (SUMX) asking the authorities to halt the execution. Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan Abdelnaby Negm was sentenced to death on 16 May 2014 following an unfair trial conducted by Alexandria's Criminal Court who admitted as evidence the confessions Hassan obtained under torture.

On 23 March 2015 Alkarama will submitt its report on Lebanon's human rights record to the Human Rights Council (HRC) in view of Lebanon's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 3 November 2015. Alkarama raised key issues such as the widespread use of torture, the recourse to arbitrary detention as well as violations of fair trial rights.

11 Mar 2015

21 humanitarian and human rights organisations say warring parties and powerful states have failed to implement UNSC resolutions leading to "worst year" of crisis for civilians in Syria.

The agencies today released a scathing critique of the UN Security Council powers detailing how they have failed to alleviate the suffering of civilians in Syria amid intensifying conflict four years after the start of the crisis.

On 4 March 2015, Alkarama called on the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Summary Executions (SUMX) regarding the arbitrary executions of seven civilians during the Egyptian military operation on the Eastern Libyan coastal city of Derna on 16 February 2015. Amongst the victims were Rabha Saleh Ahmed Al Mansouri, 44, and three of her children, Afrah, 7, Huzaifa, 2 and Zakaria, 6. Only Mrs Al Mansouri's husband and their 8-year-old son survived the bombing of their house by the Egyptian army.

On 27 February 2015, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), regarding the disappearance of two brothers from Homs between March 2012 and May 2013.