Saudi Arabia: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Khaled Al-Twijri for more than two years

Mr. Khaled Al-Twijri, a Saudi Arabian national, was travelling to Jordan in July 2008 when he was arrested and extradited to Saudi Arabia on 25 January 2009. His family was informed neither of his arrest nor of his extradition.

Mr. Khaled Abdulrahman Al-Twijri normally lives in the province of Quassim in Saudi Arabia. Following a trip to Jordan in July 2008, the family of Mr. Al-Twijri had not received news of him for some months. Despite multiple attempts to get the Jordanian government to recognize the arrest or detention, they have never done so.

04 Jul 2011
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Israel: Arbitrary arrest and detention of human rights defender Fuad Al Khuffash

Mr Fuad Al Khuffash (فؤاد الخفش), aged 36 years and living in Nablus, West Bank, is a human rights defender. He is a well known human rights defender in Palestine that especially focuses on the rights of Palestinians prisoners in Israel.
04 Jul 2011
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Israel: ongoing extra-judicial execution of peaceful demonstrators and activists

On 15 May 2011, peaceful popular protests were carried out along the Israeli borders with many Arab states by Palestinian refugees and their supporters calling for them to be allowed back to the lands their families once owned.
01 Jul 2011
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Iraq: Risk of execution of five foreign nationals sentenced to death

Yousri Al-Tariqi, Tunisian, Badr Ashour Ali, Moroccan, Mohamed Fraj Allah, Libyan, Adel Ali, Libyan, and Nasser Mojib, Saudi Arabian, are detained at Soussa prison in Suleimaniyah (in Iraqi Kurdistan) and had been sentenced to death between 2006 and 2010. They may be executed soon.

1. Mr. Yousri Fakher Mohamed AL-TARIQI, a Tunisian national, was arrested 5 May 2006 in the provice of Salaheddine in northern Iraq by members of the Iraqi security forces.

01 Jul 2011
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Morocco: Release of Mr. Karim Khadir

Mr. Karim Khader, who has dual British-Moroccan citizenship and lives in London, was arrested 24 June 2011 after arriving at Tanger port. He was freed 30 June 2011.

Recollection of the facts:

Mr. Karim Khader (كريم خادر) is 30 years old and of dual British-Moroccan citizenship; he is an air-conditioning engineer and normally lives in London in the United Kingdom. He was arrested 24 June 2011 at 5:30 am at the port of Tanger where he was disembarking from a ship with his father-in-law.

01 Jul 2011
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Libya: Summary executions at Bani Walid

Seven people arrested by soldiers of the Libya army were summarily executed 28 May 2011 at Bani Walid. These victims are identified as Libyan civilians who were fleeing Libya and taking refuge in a collective home of Egyptian workers who were also executed during the incident. The exact number and identities of all of the victims remains unknown.

The Libyan Truth and Justice Committee, a group on the ground with which Alkarama has regularly collaborated, brought this information to our attention.

27 Jun 2011
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Morocco: Journalist Rachid Niny sentenced to one year in prison

Mr. Rachid Niny, editor in chief of one of the largest daily Moroccan Arabic newspapers called "Al Massae," was brought 28 April 2011 to the headquarters of the national judicial police brigade in Casablanca and placed in custody.
24 Jun 2011
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Saudi Arabia: Release on bail of Mr. Suleiman Al-Rashoudi

The lawyer Mr. Sulaiman Al-Rashoudi that had been detained arbitrarily for more than four years has been released on bail 23 June 2011. He was arrested in Jeddah 2 February 2007 by intelligence services (Mabahith). His trial is ongoing and the next hearing will take place 26 June 2011.

Mr. Al-Rashoudi was born in 1935 and lived in Riyadh. He is known as a human rights lawyer and activist who is engaged in the defense of prisoners of opinion in Saudi Arabia.

24 Jun 2011
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Syria: Extra-judicial killings continue in Syria

Alkarama is concerned at the ongoing widespread violation of human rights in Syria. On 14 June 2011, we submitted a new communication regarding a further 80 people who have been extra-judicially executed by the security forces, some dying under torture to the Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions.
24 Jun 2011
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Lebanon: Alkarama commends Lebanon release of wrongfully-detained Syrian refugees

All Syrian refugees detained by the Lebanese authorities for being in the country illegally have been released this week. Following their release, Prime Minister Mikati declared on Arab television channel Al-Arabiya that his government will "look at the issue of Syrian refugees ...
24 Jun 2011
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