Ms Parvaz had flown to Damascus from Doha on 29 April 2011 in order to report on protests in the country. She was immediately arrested on arrival at Damascus airport after trying to enter the country.

Salim Al Kawari was arrested on 7 February 2011 by State Security personnel who first took him to his house with the intention of searching it, then took him to an unknown location.  His family did not know that he had been detained at a State Security site until six weeks later.

In this regard Alkarama sent a letter on 9 May 2011 to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting that they intervene with the Qatari authorities to persuade them immediately to release Mr. Kawari or to bring him to trial while providing all the required guarantees stipulated by law.

On 11 May 2011, Alkarama submitted the 30 cases to the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and the protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Fadhel Makki Al-Manasif, a 25-year-old human rights defender from the Qatif region in eastern Saudi Arabia, was detained on 1 May 2011 at Al-Awamieh police station after answering a summons issued by Saudi Criminal Investigation Services (CIS).

On 30 April 2011, several CIS agents came to Fadhel Al-Manasif's home, who was absent at the time, and told his father that Fadhel should present himself to the CIS at Al-Awamief police station.

List of 716 people arrested during protests between 9 April - 2 May 2011 » File

22-year-old Mr Al Hamada, is a Syrian student normally attending business school. We fear that he might have been arrested as a hostage by the Syrian authorities as the latter search for relatives of Mr Al Hamada who are actively involved in the growing Syrian opposition movement.