Egypt: Detention and torture of Zakaria and Dia Ibrahim

The Egyptian authorities continue to forcibly arrest anyone who challenges the regime. Acting with complete impunity, they are almost always in contradiction with the principles of international and domestic law to which Egypt is party. The security services not only carry out multiple arbitrary arrests, but expose detainees to torture in an effort to extract false confessions to be used as evidence in unfair trials.
16 Dec 2009
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Mr Ali Yahia Abdennour Receives Alkarama Award 2009

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Mr. Abdennour Ali-Yahia, longtime Algerian human rights defender, was awarded the Alkarama Award 2009 for Human Rights Defenders, yesterday, Friday, 11 December 2009. The award ceremony took place at the International Conference Center Geneva.
12 Dec 2009
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Egypt: Abdel Moawad risks death due to lack of medical care inside Wadi Natroun prison

Currently detained in Sahrawi II prison, inside the Wadi Natroun prison complex, and suffering from severe health problems, Mohamed Abdel Hakim Abdel Rashid Abdel Moawad was arrested alongside 24 others on 17 May 2009, as part of the arrests related to the case of Fares Barakat who was thrown out of a fourth story window by Security Services in Damanhour.

Alkarama had previously submitted

12 Dec 2009
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Yemen: Abdullah Al-Rimi, released after 19 months arbitrary detention and cruelty

After 19 months of arbitrary detention at the Political Security prison in Sana'a, the Yemeni security authorities released Abdullah Saad Al-Ghazial Al-Rimi on 8 December 2009.

Orders had been given for his released by the State Security criminal prosecution, but the Political Security forces continued to reject them for over a year due to lack of evidence. During this period, he was never subject to any legal proceedings; rather, the authorities continued detaining him in complete violation of judicial orders.

11 Dec 2009
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Iraq: Ahmed Al-Mashhadani, tortured in five different detention centers, still arbitrarily detained

Iraq is a stomping ground for armed struggle, human rights violations and general discontent. Despite the US occupying forces attempts to keep these elements at bay, it has become clear that Iraq's human rights record has not improved. As the Iraqi militias continue to grow in strength, more and more prisoners and the accused are flooding an already inadequate Iraqi judicial system. A recent victim of this quandary is Ahmed Abd Saleh Al-Mashhadani, a retired military officer, who was arrested on 29 September 2006 in Baghdad by an Iraqi militia.
11 Dec 2009
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A message from Ahmed Manai, Tunisian human rights defender

Dear all,

I would like to warmly congratulate and thank Alkarama, for having made the right choice in awarding the Alkarama Award 2009 to Abdennour Ali-Yahia.

This dignified soul, who has placed human dignity above all else, has defended human rights for decades in Algeria, in North-Africa and beyond, has been fighting for the rights of all men, without distinction - with immense courage, sheer constancy, exemplary honesty and undeniable expertise. All of this enacted with the utmost modesty.

11 Dec 2009
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Message from Mario Giro, the Community of Sant'Egidio

"Often ... our ears are offended upon hearing what is said by some people who, though enthused by by religious zeal, lack clearness of judgement and thoughtfullness in the way they see things. They see only the ruins and calamities in our current society; they are wont to say that our age has profoundly worsened over the past centuries; they behave as if history, the mentor of our lifetimes, had not nothing to teach them ...
11 Dec 2009
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Syria : Arbitrary detention of Ma'an Aqil

Forces from General Intelligence Directorate arrested Ma'an Aqil from his office at Al-Thawra newspaper in Damascus on 22 November 2009. He was originally arrested in 1987 for his political beliefs and spent nine years in prison.

Ma'an Aqil is a prominent journalist in Syria, known for his investigations into corruption within government and privately-owned pharmaceutical companies.

10 Dec 2009
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Saudi Arabia : Nasser Al-Hajiri's health deteriorates inside prison due to neglect

Alkarama has just received an update regarding Nasser Al-Hajri, who is presently detained inside Dammam's Intelligence Services detention center. Reports state that his state of health is currently deteriorating due to medical negligence and ill-treatment. He suffers from a dangerous brain tumor, which according to an medical examination five months ago, requires an urgent operation due to its gravity.
09 Dec 2009
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Egypt: Abdel Rahman Al-Sharkawy, torture and extraordinary rendition from Pakistan to Egypt

Abdel Rahman Al-Sharkawy, a 29 year old dual-citizen Egyptian-Pakistani, had been living with his family in Pakistan since 1989.
08 Dec 2009
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