Alkarama made an appeal to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), asking it to intercede with the Syrian authorities in the case of Mr Shusha in order that he be released or at least be put under the protection of the law.

Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, asking it to intercede with the Syrian authorities so that Mr Khlioui be released or placed under the protection of the law.

You may recall that in late February 2009,

Alkarama and other human rights organisations and his US attorneys concerned by this case were present to observe the trial, but were refused access in a last minute decision by the judge to close the hearing.

On 23 July 2009 Alkarama addressed itself to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) requesting a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Mr. Al-Obaidi. The Iraqi authorities have also ordered an investigation, and the IPU should seek to be informed of any developments in this case.

Alkarama called upon the Special Rapporteur on torture on 21 July 2009 asking him to urgently intervene with the Saudi authorities to stop the abuse of Dr Al-Hashimi.

On 20 May 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances and the Special Rapporteur against Torture to ask them to urgently intervene with the authorities in Iraq in the case of eleven people arrested that same day and under the same circumstance

On 10 July 2009 Alkarama made an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture asking him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities in the case of Mr Al Hadj.