Osama Al Najjar, an Emirati human rights activist and the son of one of the 'UAE94', was tortured for four days during his secret detention by officers from the state security services who arrested him for a tweet. He was arrested on 17 March 2014 on his way back home, the day after he posted a tweet in reply to a radio statement made by the Emir of Sharjah Emirate on the 'UAE94' case.

On Thursday 7 November 2013, Anas Al Atrash, a 23 year-old Palestinian, was travelling from Jericho back home to Hebron with his brother, Ismail who was driving the car. He was asleep when they reached, around 11 p.m., the Container checkpoint in the Northeast of Bethlehem (West Bank) and was woken up as the car had to break suddenly to avoid bumps. His reflex was to quickly get out of the car.

Yesterday on 26 March 2014, Alkarama launched its public report "Impunity is not an option; Ensure accountability for mass killings in Egypt" which demon

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's independent experts adopted an opinion confirming the arbitrary nature of the detention of those detained in the 'UAE94' case and requested the UAE government release them.

Jordan missed the opportunity to demonstrate political will to promote and protect human rights at the adoption of the report of its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council today. We recall that due to the Jordanian authorities' failure to implement many of the recommendations it accepted during its first review in 2009, a number of recommendations were repeated. And the authorities failed to accept any additional recommendations today.

Two days ago, Osama Al Najjar, a 25 year-old architectural engineer, was arrested on the road by several men in civilian clothes on his way back home from a visit to his doctor at around 4 pm. Osama is now being held in an unknown location outside the protection of the law.

Alkarama has submitted its report in view of the Universal Periodic Review of Iraq, which will take place in October 2014.

Today, Alkarama submitted its report in view of the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt, which will take place during the UPR Working Group's 20th session in October-November 2014. This review aims to assess the human rights record of all United Nations Member States every four years.

Initially scheduled in October 2013 and postponed due to the government shutdown, the review of the fourth periodic report of the United States of America (USA) by the