Lebanon: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture updated on Tarek Rabaa's situation

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Investigate torture allegations, release Tarek Rabaa pending trial

Tarek Rabaa, a Lebanese engineer detained since July 2010 on conspiracy charges, will again be brought before the military court next Friday, 7 June.

05 Jun 2013
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Syria: Coalition of 19 international NGOs call for release of Khalil Matouk

New information obtained by human rights organizations has heightened concerns about the secret detention and failing health of a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who has not been heard from since his arrest eight months ago.

04 Jun 2013
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Egypt: The Draft Law on Witness Protection Must Respect International Law

Witnesses play a vital role in the judicial process, it is imperative to ensure an environment in which they are protected and can express themselves without fear for their safety.

This topic is especially sensitive at a time when violations are increasing and symbolic trials of members of the former regime are being held. Many Egyptians continue to seek justice in vain; it remains absent.

03 Jun 2013
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UAE: Immediately Release or Try Egyptian Detainees

Alkarama received an urgent call for help from the families of 15 Egyptians detained in the UAE who were arrested between early November 2012 and January 2013.
31 May 2013
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Saudi Arabia: Communications Cut between Yemeni Prisoners and their Families

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Alkarama has received information from the families of Yemeni prisoners in Saudi Arabian prisons communications with their loved ones detained in Saudi Arabia has been cut for about a month for reasons that remain unclear.
According to these families, who fear that this severing of communications is a form of ret
29 May 2013
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Algeria : Blatant persecution of Human Rights Defender Yahia Bounouar

Yahia Bounouar, free-lance journalist and President of the Algerian Observatory for Human Rights (OADH) has been harassed and persecuted by the Algerian security services for several months. On 23 May 2013, he was arrested at Constantine airport where the border police told him that "there was on a warning list at the level of all police stations nationwide".
28 May 2013
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Iraq: Imminent risk of torture of Shawki Omar during frequent transfers

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24 May 2013
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Drone victims in Yemen

Yemen/ USA: End use of 'targeted killings' in Yemen, investigate civilian deaths

As US President Barack Obama prepares to give a long awaited speech tomorrow regarding his administration's counter-terrorism policies, Alkarama and the Yemeni based NGO "HOOD" today submitted to two UN experts detailed information from investigations the organizations carried out into the US strike, an attempted 'targeted assassination', in Radaa on 2 September 2012 resulting in the death of twelve civilians.

22 May 2013
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Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges ــــــ Free Award-Winning Journalist, Colleagues

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(Amsterdam, Beirut, Cairo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dublin, Geneva, London, New York, Paris, The Hague, Utrecht - May 17, 2013)

The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against a freedom of expressi

17 May 2013
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Syria: UN General Assembly calling for the release of Mazen Darwish and colleagues

SYR_Mazen_Darwish Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its latest resolution on the situation in Syria despite strong opposition from Russia and an increase in abstentions.
16 May 2013
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