UAE: Expunge Activists' Convictions

 

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Ahmed Mansoor embracing his wife outside Al Wathba prison on November 28, 2011 © 2011 Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch

30 Nov 2011
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UAE: Prison Sentence for Activists an attack on freedom of expression

(Abu Dhabi, November 28, 2011) – Yesterday's verdict by the United Arab Emirates' Federal Supreme Court condemning 5 activists to sentences from 2 to 3 years in prison is the result of a trial which does not conform with international norms for a fair trial. The panel of four foreign judges delivered the verdict in a ten-minute oral statement in court, sentencing Ahmed Mansoor, a prominent UAE reformer, to three years imprisonment and the rest to two years each for publicly insulting UAE authorities.
28 Nov 2011
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Algeria: Human rights activist arrested in Algiers

Update: Nassima Guettal was released on 25 November 2011 at 13:00

Nassima Guettal, a human rights activist and a founding member of the National Front for Change (FCN), was arrested this morning by the police. She had undertaken a hunger strike in Algiers in the Place 1st May.

25 Nov 2011
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Morocco: the UN appeals for the release of Sheikh Mohamed Hassan Echerif El-Kettani, arbitrarily detained for eight years

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN convened in Geneva and notified the international community of its decision concerning the detention of Mr. Mohamed Hassan Echerif El-Kettani. They issued an opinion that his detention is arbitrary and called upon the Moroccan authorities to release him immediately and pardon him.

An eminent religious personality in Morocco, Mr. El-Kettani was arrested by the police in Salé on 6 February 2003 on false charges and was immediately released by the royal prosecutor.

24 Nov 2011
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Egypt: Impunity for members of security forces since February revolution encouraged extrajudicial killing of protesters in recent events

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Following the "million-man march" held last Friday, 18 November 2011, Egyptian Central Security Forces used massive amounts of tear gas and live ammunition against peaceful protesters in an attempt to suppress the demonstrations.

23 Nov 2011
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Saudi Arabia – Trial of Dr Said bin Zair begins; harsh sentences against detained reformers

The Specialised Criminal Court of Riyadh issued harsh issued sentences today ranging from 13 to 30 years against Dr Saud Mukhtar Al-Hashimi, Sulaiman Al-Rashoudi and a group of Saudi reformers who have been in detention for several years without any legal proceedings, nor being charged, nor being allowed to appoint lawyers, and even deprived of visits of their relatives and friends, who have tried in vain to discover the reasons for their detention.

Tomorrow, Wednesday 23 November 2011, Dr Said bin Zair, laureate of the Alkarama prize for 2011, a reformer and a member of the pol

22 Nov 2011
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Syria: Civil society calls on the UN Human Rights Council to hold a special session on Syria

On 23 August 2011, following its 17th session, the UN Human Rights Council established an international Commission of Inquiry on Syria to investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law committed since March 2011. The Commission's report is due to be released by the end of November.
22 Nov 2011
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Syria: Detention of Tal Al-Mallouhi condemned by the UN

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The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, meeting for its 61st session, has concluded that the detention of two Syrian activists, Tal Al-Mallouhi and Tuhama Ma'ruf, is arbitrary in nature.
22 Nov 2011
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UAE: the Working Group confirms the arbitrary nature of the detention of two Uighurs

Abdessalam Salim, 37, and Omar Akbar, 35, two Chinese Muslims (Uighurs) were arrested in June 2008 in Dubai with their spouses by the security forces of the state. After two years of solitary confinement, they were tried and sentenced by the Federal Supreme Court on 29 June 2010 to ten years in prison for terrorism, a decision that they were not able to appeal.
21 Nov 2011
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Egypt: UN body declares the trial of Mr Maikel Nabil Sanad illegal, and asks for his release and compensation

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted Opinion 50/2011 on 2 September 2011, following the complaint lodged by Alkarama against the Egyptian authorities regarding the arrest and trial of Mr Sanad, who was tried before a military court which sentenced him to three years jail on 10 May 2011.

Alkarama, based in Geneva, and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) in Cairo, had previously lodged a complaint with the WGAD regarding the case of Mr Sanad, asking for their immediate intervention to bring an end to his military trial.

18 Nov 2011
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