Dr. Gamal Abdel Salam was released following his detention for 5 months without charges. This comes in the context of continued waves of arrests in Egypt of members and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Libyan Committee for Truth and Justice has informed Alkarama of Abdelatif al-Raqoubi's release from Abu Slim prison on 15 October 2009.

Guards at the headquarters of the Political Security forces in Sana'a prevented media representatives and journalists from recording a peaceful gathering in front of the security headquarters on 10 November 2009.

For only the second time in the history of the Committee against Torture (CAT), a periodic review took place in absence of the State party delegation - the first being Cambodia's initial review on 29 April 2003. Alkarama was present for Yemen's CAT review on 3 November 2009, for which it had submitted a Shadow Report.

Egyptian State Security Investigation (SSI) forces arrested eight students on 28 October 2009 on accusations of membership to the Muslim Brotherhood - they were held for three days incommunicado at Zagaziq Police Station and then transferred on 30 October 2009 to Damanhour prison. During the students three days incommunicado detention at Zagaziq Police, they were exposed to ill-treatment and subjected to insults and beatings at the hands of the SSI.

In the context of four recommendations made by the Committee against Torture (CAT), Alkarama submitted a follow-up report to the CAT signaling the fact that these recommendations had yet not been put into place.

Abdullah Majed Sayah al-Nuaimy, who was originally disappeared by Saudi authorities on 29 October 2008, has reappeared in a Saudi prison, according to sources.

During its 43rd session, on 3 November 2009, the Committee against Torture will be examining Yemen's second periodic report.

The Special Rapporteur for the follow-up of final observations to the Human Rights Committee sent a letter on 27 August 2009 to the permanent representative of Algeria to the United Nations reminding him that in the framework of the Committee‘s final observations, the State of Algeria has not submitted any information for three of of the observations during t

In the follow-up to the recommendations of the Human Rights Committee's periodic review of Tunisia, the government submitted, in March 2009, a reply to four of the recommendations.