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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Kuwait: Continued harassment of former Guantanamo prisoner, Abd Al-Aziz Sayir Al-Shamri

Abd Al-Aziz Sayir Al-Shamri is currently being harassed by Kuwaiti authorities, due to his previous imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay. He was handed over to the American forces by the Pakistani authorities during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, and subsequently transferred to Guantanamo Bay prison.

05 Mar 2010
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Syria: Freedom for Haithem Al-Maleh

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Twenty-one human rights organisations have signed the following press release as a result of deep concerns for the deteriorating health of Syrian lawyer, Mr. Haitham Al-Maleh, currently held against his will at Damascus Central Prison (Adra).

03 Mar 2010
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Algeria: Medjnoun Malik begins hunger strike in hopes of being tried after 10 years preventative detention

After more than 10 years since his abduction by Algerian secret services from the Department of Research and Security (DRS), Malik Medjoun remains abducted awaiting trial. On 25 February 2010, he began an indefinite hunger strike in order that he finally be brought to justice.

Malik Medjnoun is accused of involvement in the June 1998 assassination of Matoub Lounes, which he has always denied. He was abducted near his home on 28 September 1999 by the DRS and held incommunicado at DRS barracks near "Antar", Ben Aknoun (Algiers).

26 Feb 2010
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Lebanon: Free Foreign Prisoners When Sentences End

Continued Detention Not Based on Judicial or Administrative Orders

Beirut - Lebanon should release migrants and refugees who remain in detention despite having finished their sentences, a group of 14 Lebanese and international human rights organizations said yesterday in a letter to top officials. The letter to the president, prime minister and justice and interior ministers says there is no legal basis for continuing to detain most of these prisoners.

25 Feb 2010
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