Saudi Arabia: Lakhdar Meshabi in illegal detention since 10 months

Lakhdar Mesbahi, a 24 year-old Algerian national from El-Oued in Algeria, was arrested on 20 July 2009 at a police station in Medina, Saudi Arabia while trying to get authorization to leave the country. He was detained incommunicado for four months and later transferred to Dammam prison, where he remains unto to this day.
27 May 2010
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Egypt: Nasr Al-Sayed Nasr is disappeared in Banha following summons

On 26 April 2010, State Security Investigative (SSI) forces, under the command of Officer Samah Heikel, carried out a warrantless search of Nasr Al-Sayed Hassan Nasr's home in Banha. Although Nasr Al-Sayed Hassan Nasr was not there at the time of the incursion, his belongings were confiscated and the SSI agents informed his family that he was requested to report to SSI headquarters in Banha. On 28 April 2010, Nasr Al-Sayed Hassan Nasr reported to the SSI station in Banha and has since disappeared.
26 May 2010
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Yemen: Zakaria Al-Hijri - two years, three prisons, still no legal proceedings

On 22 May 2008, officers from the Political Security services arrested Zakaria Al-Hijri at a checkpoint in the Sahoul district of Ibb. He spent his first two weeks in solitary confinement at the Political Security detention center in Ibb. During his first two months, he was held incommunicado at the detention center, and his family was kept in the dark as to his whereabouts and the reasons for his arrest.

In the past two years, Zakaria Al-Hijri has never been the subject of any legal proceedings, appeared before a judge or even been informed of the reasons for his arrest.

23 May 2010
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Egypt: Ahmed Abdellah acquitted yet administratively detained since November 2008

The Egyptian Intelligence services arrested Ahmed Abdallah on 3 June 2008 and took him to the local police station where he was charged with drug trafficking. He eventually appeared in court and was acquitted, but held back on administrative orders despite two court decisions to annul his case. To date he has not been released.

Alkarama sent his case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention asking for its intervention with the Egyptian authorities in order that the court decisions be respect and that Ahmed Abdallah be released.

21 May 2010
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Egypt: Dozens of opposition supporters arrested and abducted

The streets of Egypt are currently locked in a state of suspense in the lead-up to the upcoming legislative elections due to take place on 1 June 2010. As ElBaradei's "Movement for Change" and the Muslim Brotherhood begin to further harmonize on the ground level, Egyptian security forces have upped their efforts to suppress public opinion. The recent extension of Egypt's Emergency Law until 2012, means that opposition activists, politicians and leaders can be easily harassed.
20 May 2010
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Jordan: Labor activist, Muhamed Al-Sunaid in provisional detention

Alkarama has just received information regarding the arbitrary arrest of a Jordanian citizen, Mohamed Al-Sunaid, Chairman of the Daily Workers Association in the Public Sector. He was arrested by the Jordanian security services for his peaceful protest in defense of the rights of Jordanian workers and trade union members.

Mohamed Sunaid was referred to the State Security Court on 11 May 2010, where the Prosecutor ordered his 14-day imprisonment pending investigation.

18 May 2010
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Palestine: FREED - Human rights activist , Muhannad Salahat released from secret detention

On 10 May 2010,Palestinian authorities released human rights activist, Muhannad Salahat without charge. His release comes in the wake of his secret/incommunicado detention, during which he threatened and subjected to tortured, which eventually ended in an investigation of the Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Monitor), a human rights organisation that investigates human rights violations in Palestinian Occupied Territories, for whom he is a representative in Jordan.

18 May 2010
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Iraq: Samir Ammar tortured in Kirkurk following puzzling suicide attempt

Samir Afif Ammar was sitting in a small café in Deir Al-Zor, a city in northeastern Syria on the Euphrates, when a man he had never met named "Abu Omar" sparked a conversation. Abu Omar said he could give him work in an Iraqi oil field and he promised him a good salary. It was January 2009, and Abu Omar would soon thereafter smuggle a then 19 year-old Samir across the border to Iraq. Samir spent two weeks in Iraq, and as recounts, "I can't remember the rest."
17 May 2010
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Yemen: Walid Al-Kainai illegally detained since 2005

Walid Al-Kainai was arrested on 15 March 2005 in Ta'izz by local Political Security forces. In the last five years, he has been imprisoned in various locations and has never been on trial.

On 12 May 2010, Alkarama sent his case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention requesting their intervention on behalf of the Yemeni authorities, in order for the Yemeni authorities either release Walid Al-Kainai or at least put him on trial.

13 May 2010
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Qatar: Naif Al-Attiyah is released while Fawaz Al-Attiyah remains in custody

On 2 May 2010, Qatari authorities released Nayef Al-Attiyah. He was previously arrested on 4 September 2009 in order to intimidate his cousin Fawaz Al-Attiyah, a British national, who had asked Nayef Al-Attiyah to raise his case with the Prime Minister of Qatar.

Nayef Al-Attiyah was released without ever being subject to any legal proceedings during his detention. Alkarama's sources have confirmed that the entire episode was simply an attempt to settle a personal score.

11 May 2010
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