Saudi Arabia: Abduallah Al-Nuaimy, former Guantanamo detainee, held for 13 months without trial

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01 Dec 2009
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader, Dr Gamal Heshmat, released after 2 months arbitrary detention

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On Thursday 26 November 2009, Dr Mohamed Gamal Heshmat (الدكتور محمد جمال حشمت), Muslim Brotherhood leader and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Shura Council, was released after two months of arbitrary detention in Burg al-Arab prison.
27 Nov 2009
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Yemen: The CAT is disturbed by the systematic nature of human rights violations in Yemen

On 19 November 2009, the Committee against Torture (CAT) mad its provisional concluding observations (CAT/C/YEM/CO/2) following its consideration of the second periodic report (CAT/C/YEM/2) which took place on 3 November 2009 in Geneva.
26 Nov 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Khaled al-Omeir risks torture again inside al-Hayr prison

Following yesterday's publication of photographs depicting the injuries of a torture victim inside al-Hayr prison - one of the prison's detainees, Khaled Suleyman Al-Omeir, is suspected by prison authorities of having leaked the snapshots from the prison and is now being detained in solitary confinement.

Mr al-Omeir, 40, who is an active human rights defender in Saudi Arabia, w

25 Nov 2009
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Egypt: Release of Dr Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar after 5 months arbitrary detention

At 1am on 20 November 2009, Security services released Dr Ashraf Abdel Ghaffar along with Khaled al-Sayed al-Beltagy and Ahmad Ali Abbas. Their release brings to a close the case of the "International Organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood" following the release of all 25 members of this group.
24 Nov 2009
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Alkarama Award 2009 - Laureate Maître Abdennour Ali-Yahia

 
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24 Nov 2009
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Syria: Prominent figure, Yusuf al-Dheeb, victim of an enforced disappearance, fears of torture

On 15 November 2009, in the north-eastern town of Deir al-Zour, Yusuf Abdallah al-Dheeb  (يوسف عبد الله الذيب) was arrested from his home by armed gunmen dressed in civilian clothes - the identity of the forces responsible for his arrest remains unknown. To date, his family is still unaware of his whereabouts.

Yussuf al-Dheeb is a member of the National Council of the Damascus Declaration, and is a prominent figure in Deir al-Zour.

23 Nov 2009
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Algeria: Disappearances of Tahar and Bachir Bourefis put forward to the HRC

Alkarama has been mandated to submit a complaint to the Human Rights Committee concerning the disappearances of Tahar and his eldest son Bashir Bourefis, arrested in 1996 in the province of Jijel and gone missing ever since.

Their arrests and disappearances took place in the aftermath of an armed conflict caused by the State coup during January 1992, which saw the widespread and systematic practice of arbitrary arrests and disappearances.

20 Nov 2009
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Yemen: On-going arbitrary detention and unfair trial of human rights defender Yasser al-Wazir

On 5 June 2008, Yasser al-Wazir left his home and made his way to his local mosque for Friday prayers. Somewhere between his home and the mosque he disappeared - and his family was unable to contact him on his mobile phone. It was only in mid-September 2008 that his family learned that he was being detained at the Political Security prison in Sana'a.
20 Nov 2009
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Yemen: Al-Mahfili, minor, released after nine months of arbitrary detention

Ahmad al-Mahfili, whose case Alkarama had previously submitted to numerous UN special procedures, was finally released on 11 November 2009 - after more than nine months of arbitrary detention at Political Security headquarters in Sana'a.
19 Nov 2009
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