At noon hour on Saturday 5 June 2010, Special Forces of the Iraqi army, accompanied by plainclothes security officers, driving civilian vehicles, carried out house raids on eight civilian homes in Al-Adhamiya. Security forces were looking for explosive devices in a local cemetery.

The story goes back to events in March 2004 in Qamishli, a northern Syrian city, when Syrian security forces used excessive force against men of Kurdish origin, resulting in several dead and a number of wounded.

On 9 June 2010 Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group's report (A/HRC/14/2) on Qatar. The review previously took place on 8 February 2010 during the UPR's seventh session. State party representatives had the opportunity to present their recommendations, which were later documented in the report, while their views and commitments of Qatar to the protection of human rights were also put forth.

Nasser Al-Hajiri, arrested on16 December 2007 during his pilgrimage to Mecca, has been detained for more than two and a half years without charge or trial despite being afflicted by a worsening cancer in the form of a brain tumour.

Alkarama received information that the individuals listed below reappeared following a court appearance on 6 May 2010.

Alkarama sent the case of Hazem Khader Al-Fakhouri, husband of human rights activist Lama Abdul Matalab Khater, to the United Nations special procedures, to further increase call for the West Bank intelligence services to release Hazem Al-Fakhouri's from their custody.

A statement condemning the crime committed against the relief convoy and demanding the dismantling of the blockade on Gaza and the turnover of the Israeli`s war criminals to International Justice