Syria: Free Peaceful Activists, Journalists, Aid Workers in Amnesty

Give Independent Monitors Access to Detention Facilities

 President Bashar al-Assad should release all peaceful activists, media professionals, and humanitarian assistance providers as part of an amnesty announced on October 23, 2012, Human Rights Watch, Alkarama, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, Index on Censorship, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Reporters Without Borders, and Samir Kassir Foundation – Skeyes Center for Media and Cultural Freedom said today.

25 Oct 2012
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Sudan: Government confronts Students with Tear Gas, Arrests and Torture

Alkarama condemns the oppressive and violent treatment of Sudanese university students who demonstrated demanding freedom and democracy last June. The security forces used violence that resulted in the deaths of more than ten students , and hundreds of arrests accompanied by torture.

The Sudanese government is continuing its campaign against students. Many breaches of student rights occurred in October, and student sit-ins were forcefully broken up, which has led to numerous injuries and arrests amongst students.

24 Oct 2012
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Lebanon: Human Rights Organizations Demand the Lebanese authorities to put an end to Security Agencies' violations against foreigners

Illegal and racist practices against foreign workers or refugees in Lebanon are on the rise. The latest example in this regard took place on the evening of 7 October as members of the Lebanese Army raided the homes of 70 Syrian, Egyptian and Sudanese workers in Beirut in response to a complaint by some residents against these workers of "harassing the girls and disturbing the residents". The workers were beaten during the raid.
Assaulting individuals and their privacy is totally unacceptable regardless of whether it was done by nationals or foreigners.
18 Oct 2012
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Syria: Student Rama Al Assas disappeared since last 27 August

Rama Al Assas, Syria26-year-old Syrian student Rama Al Assas was abducted on 27 August 2012 from her home in Damascus. Since then, her whereabouts remain unknown as the Syrian authorities refuse to give any information on her fate. Alkarama is concerned about her physical and mental integrity as torture and ill-treatment is highly likely as long as she remains disappeared.

17 Oct 2012
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Egypt: Law to "Protect revolutionary gains" . The government insists on passing an emergency law which grants total power to security agencies.

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The Alkarama Foundation expresses its surprise and condemnation at the insistence of the Egyptian Government to pass an emergency law that would limits fundamental freedoms, as was the case in the emergency law proposed by the Justice Minister Ahmad Maki.
16 Oct 2012
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Algeria: 33 year-old Man Beaten to Death by the Police - "Honest Mistake" or a Serious Police Crime?

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A thirty-three year old Algerian man is dead due to police brutality...This incident would have gone unnoticed had it been committed inside police station walls, in a prison, and out of the public eye.
15 Oct 2012
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Saudi Arabia suffers from amnesia

Mr Suleiman Alwan, a Saudi prisoner, refused to attend court yesterday, after he had spent more than 8 years behind bars without legal proceedings.
15 Oct 2012
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Morocco: Alkarama highlights need to follow through positive developments with legislative changes

In November 2011, the UN Committee against Torture reviewed Morocco, and requested it provide information about several urgent issues that needed to be addressed within one year.
01 Oct 2012
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Jordan: Imminent risk of torture of Ashraf Abdulsalam following deportation

Deported to Jordan in September, 28-year-old Ashraf Abdulsalam is currently seriously at risk of being subjected to torture, as was already the case in 2010.
27 Sep 2012
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Morocco: Director of Tiflet prison threatens detainees once Special Rapporteur on Torture leaves

"Your protector Mendez has gone now...," threatened the governor of Tiflet Prison... Less than a week after the end of the UN Special Rapporteur's - Juan E. Mendez - official visit to Morocco, a high ranking prison official threatened inmates at Tiflet Prison. While Mr Mendez's visit appeared to be a promising sign that Morocco is willing to cooperate with the UN, Alkarama is alarmed by these words uttered by such a high-ranking official.
Mr Juan E. Mendez, UN Special Rapporteur on torture, was in Morocco from 14 to the 22 September 2012.
27 Sep 2012
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