Syria: Ziad Ramadan to be tried; Special Tribunal for Lebanon says he is not key witness in Hariri investigation

Until last week, Ziad Ramadan remained detained in the Palestine Branch of Damascus Prison, where he has been stuck for over 5 years without trial or even being presented before a judge. However, Alkarama has learnt that he is to be presented before the Syrian State Security Supreme Court on Monday 17 January 2011.

This comes in the wake of increasing attention on his case by the United Nations human rights mechanisms, who have several times written to the Syrian government requesting that they explain Mr Ramadan's detention.

15 Jan 2011
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Egypt: Widespread Security Abuses during Investigations of Alexandria Bombings

Alkarama Foundation (Geneva) and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (Cairo) condemns the arbitrary arrests and other violations committed by Egyptian security forces following the bombings at the Two Saints Church in Alexandria earlier this month.
14 Jan 2011
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Jordan: Prosecuted intellectual faces fictitious charges

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On 17 September 2010, Issam Mohamed Tahar Al Bargaoui Al Uteibi was summoned by the Jordanian General Intelligence services and immediately arrested.
04 Jan 2011
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Egypt: Torture Victim Denied Release Orders on Six Occasions

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Ahmad Galal Zaki Al-Gamal, a 31 year-old accountant from Cairo, was arrested by State Security Intelligence (SSI) officers on 4 April 2008 and has since been in detention without charge. Alkarama's sources confirm that he was severely tortured while in SSI custody at their headquarters in Nasr City.
02 Jan 2011
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Iraq: Moroccan national risks execution after serving seven year sentence

Abdesselam Ahmed Abdesselam Bakkali, a 37 year-old tailor from Tangiers, was arrested in Iraq by American troops in 2003 and condemned to seven years imprisonment. Instead of being released in March 2010 after having served his sentence, Mr Bakkali was seen on Iraq television in November 2010 making public confessions "Al Irakiya TV" and "Al-Arabiya TV" of being involved in terrorist acts.
30 Dec 2010
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Egypt: Six Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrested in Sharkiya

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Dr Mohi Hamid, one of the six senior
Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrested
29 Dec 2010
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Egypt: Political activists appeal two-year sentencing following unfair trial

Several human and civil rights organisations have expressed their concerns regarding six Egyptian political activists who have appealed their sentencing following an unfair trial. Such a trial comes as a violation to both Egyptian law and the standards of international treaties signed by Egypt.
27 Dec 2010
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Egypt: Egyptian Colonel risks torture following kidnapping

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Ayman Ahmed Salem, 40, a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Egyptian Military Forces was recently disappeared from an unknown location. Beginning 3 December 2010, Mr Salem began publishing politically-motivated articles on the internet criticising the Egyptian government.
27 Dec 2010
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Morocco: Mohammadia hit by another disappearance

Hicham El Hachimi, a father, 29 living in Al Aliya Al Mohammadia, was arrested on 30 November 2010 without a warrant by plain-clothed police officers. He was then put in a vehicle with more agents and taken to an unknown location.
27 Dec 2010
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UN: Iraq ratifies, UN implements Enforced Disappearances Convention

Following the Iraq's ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearances, the treaty will finally be implemented on 23 December 2010. Although Alkarama welcomes this step, it insists that enormous efforts must continue to be made, especially in the Arab world.

24 Dec 2010
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