On the morning of 25 January 2010, local newspapers in Lebanon reported news of the death of an UNHCR-recognized Egyptian refugee by the name of Mahmoud Salama (56) in Rashaya prison on 23 January 2010. He died after suffering a heart attack according to security reports.

On 26 January 2009, Sana'a's Specialised State Security Court ruled against Mohamed Qasim Ali Al-Gholi and Amin Al-Naggar - two cases which Alkarama had previously submitted to the UN

While visiting the home of an Emirati friend in Ras Al-Khayma, Mohamed Mostafa, 21 and of Palestinian origin, was arrested by UAE State Security forces on 22 July 2009. His brother and friends were also arrested at the same time; however they were released after three months of detention. At the time of the arrests, no judicial arrest warrants were presented nor were the victims told the reasons for their arrests.

The Editor in Chief of Taqadoumy news network, Hanevy Ould Dahah (33 year old resident of Nouakchott), was arrested on 18 June 2009 and held in custody for five days; after which he was brought before an investigative magistrate on charges of "civil and moral indecency". His arrest came after he published an article on Taqadoumy's website criticizing presidential candidate Ibrahima Moctar Sarr.

When Mamdouh Diab's family visited him in Al Marg al Jadid prison on 5 January 2010, they were informed he was to be transferred to Shabeen Al-Qanater Police Station the same day in order to be processed for his release. However, his family has not received any news of him since and Police officers from the Shabeen Al-Qanater deny ever having received him at the police station.

Having previously submitted his case as an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders on 20 November 2009, Alkarama has just learned that Yasser Al-Wazir was sentenced on 17 January 2010 to 8 years imprisonment by the Specialized Primary Criminal Court in Sana'a.

At the time

According to reliable sources from within Egypt, 15 of the 16 victims from the so-called "Zeitoun Cell" who were arrested on 2 July 2009 (and subsequently enforcedly disappeared), reappeared when they were presented to the Emergency State Security Supreme Court for a hearing on 4 January 2010. They have since been transferred to Istikbal Tora Prison near Cairo.

Mr Djema'a Al-Seyed Suleymane Ramadhan, was arrested on 11 May 1994 from his home. He was detained for more than 15 years following an unfair trialbefore a Military Tribunal, only being released in September 2009.