Saudi Arabia: Mohamed Alim sentenced to 10 months - has now been detained for over six years

The Saudi judicial system continues to treat migrant workers with complete disregard. The most recent victim is Mohamed Alim, a Bangladeshi national, who has now been in custody for over six years after completing his 10 month sentence.

Seven years ago, while he was working as a cleaner at the Saudi Ministry of Health, Mohamed Alim was arrested on charges of pharmaceutical drug embezzlement along with a Saudi guard.
12 Mar 2010
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Syria: Baha Mustapha and Abo Attoh deported and now missing since the Saidnaya massacre

In what are two related cases of deportation: Baha Mustafa was deported back to Syria by Pakistani authorities on 4 May 2002; while his counterpart, Mohamed Abo Atthoth was also deported back to Syria by Turkish authorities on 4 February 1992. Upon their return, they were arrested, released, and then rearrested - They have both disappeared since the July 2008 massacre inside Saidnaya prison.
11 Mar 2010
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Yemen: FREED - Young Bengali girl is released, four other Bengali nationals remain in Political Security custody

Alkarama has just received news that Tonchenba Haider Ali, 22, has just been released from Sana'a's Central Women's prison. The young lady from Bengal was arrested on 20 February 2010 by Political Security forces following the detention of four other fellow Bengali students. At the time of her arrest, she was departing from Sana'a airport after having completed a three month Arabic language course in Yemen.
11 Mar 2010
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Libya: FREED - Al-Rabassi, serving 15 year sentence, is released

Arrested at his home on 3 January 2003 by agents of Interior Security, Abdenacer Al-Rabassi had previously been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by a special court after having sent a controversial email to the Editor in Chief of the Arab Times. He was recently released on 8 March 2010 and has since returned to his home in Beni Walid.

10 Mar 2010
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Saudi Arabia: Son of human rights activist, Thamir Al-Khodr arrested in Al-Qasim

Alkarama has just received a report from the Saudi Civil & Political Rights Association that, Thamir Bin Abd Al-Karim Al-Khodr was arrested on 3 March 2010. He is the eldest son of Dr Abd Al-Karim Bin Yusuf Al-Khodr, a teacher of comparative jurisprudence at the Faculty of Shari'a, and a member of the Saudi Civil & Political Rights Association.
09 Mar 2010
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Iraq-USA: Abdenasser Hassan, tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq

Abdenasser Hassan, a Palestinian from Lebanon, was arrested in Iraq by U.S. military forces in 2003 and eventually released in August 2009 without ever having been tried. He was severely tortured throughout his detention. On 8 March 2010, Alkarama submitted his case to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, requesting his intervention with the U.S. and Iraq. Alkarama has asked for an independent investigation to be initiated into the violations against Mr Hassan.

Abdenasser Ahmed Hassan (عبد الناصر أحمد حسن), was born in 1968 and is a Palestinian merchant living in Lebanon.

08 Mar 2010
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Lebanon: Investigate Seizure of Human Rights Lawyer's Passport

General Security Held Nizar Saghieh's British Passport Until Minister Intervened

Beirut - The Lebanese government should investigate the seizure of a human rights lawyer's passport by General Security, a group of 16 Lebanese and international human rights organizations said today.

08 Mar 2010
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Egypt: SSI in Fayoum terrorize Al-Baradei supporter

On 2 March 2010, Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) in Fayoum City summoned Taha Abdel Tawab Mohammed, a physician from Fayoum governorate in Egypt who had been organising support for Dr. Mohammad Al Baradei, a potential presidential candidate in Egypt's 2011 presidential elections. Mr Tawab Mohammed was warned that if he did not respond to the call on the same day, he and his family would be immediately arrested.

Faced with these threats and allegations, Taha Mohamed had no other choice than to comply and deliver himself to the SSI building in Fayoum.

06 Mar 2010
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Yemen: Ahmed Bamuallim illegally imprisoned for nearly one year

Ahmed Bamuallim, a well-known Yemeni political opponent and member of the "Southern Movement" (Al-Harak Al-Janouby), was summoned by the Director of Military Intelligence on 15 April 2009 and has since remained in custody.
05 Mar 2010
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Jordan: Attack on citizen Said Mahmoud Talafaha

During the early hours of Monday 1 March 2010, criminal investigators and security personnel from Aydoun, Irbid governorate, raided Said Mahmoud Talafaha's home, where he lives with his wife and infant daughter. During the brutal raid, both him and his daughter were injured - the two are now in hospital.

Following the prolonged house inspection, Said Talafaha was taken to a security centre where criminal investigators and General Security officers tied him down and lambasted his legs and arms with work tools.

05 Mar 2010
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