Alkarama submitted its contribution to the fourth periodical review of the United States by the Human Rights Committee, which open its 109 session in Geneva on 14 October.
Mabrook Al Sai'ari, a 43 year-old Saudi national detained at Najran prison, could be executed in two months. Or not. His fate depends on a family living at the border with Yemen who will use this decisive 'term' to decide whether or not to forgive him for the murder of their beloved one.
The latest report of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic and the UN Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons'
Hisham Al Heysah and Bassem Al Rawabedah today appeared for a second time before the Jordanian State Security Court (SSC), but the trial was postponed to 24 September as the prosecution's witnesses failed to attend today's session.
Libya is found responsible for the enforced disappearance, torture and death of Ismail Al Khazmi. The NGOs TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) and Alkarama welcome the UN Human Rights Committee decision and urge Libyan authorities to shed light on this and thousands of other cases of gross human rights violations.
As thousands of Egyptians again take to the streets throughout the country today in protest at the brutality of the repression by the military and police forces over the past 6 weeks, dozens of deaths are already reported.
Initial reports by Alkarama field researchers confirm at least 107 protesters killed by gunfire
Early reports confirm that hundreds of anti-coup protesters have been killed this morning as military and police assaulted Rabaa and Nahda squares in Cairo with excessive force. Sky News rightly described the crackdown as a "major military assault largely on unarmed civilians". Alkarama urges the interim Egyptian government to put an end to these extra-judicial killings of largely unarmed protesters.
