Alkarama | Combating injustice in the Arab World since 2004

Libya: Reappearance of Abdussalam Il-Khwildy, missing since October 17, 2006

Alkarama for Human Rights, May 5, 2008

05 May 2008

Guantanamo / USA: Release of Sami Al Hajj after 6 ½ years of detention

On 2 May 2008, Sami Al Hajj, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, was finally released. He was arrested on December 15, 2001, near the Pakistan border and detained at Guantanamo Bay. He was taken, handcuffed, in an American plane to Khartoum airport. He was handed over to the Sudanese authorities and was immediately transferred to the Amal hospital. He managed to give his first interview although he did look very weak.

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03 May 2008

Saudi Arabia: Liberation of Fouad Ahmad Al Farhan

Alkarama for Human Rights, April 29, 2008

Alkarama just learned that Fouad Al Farhan, who was arrested on December 10, 2007 and held incommunicado for nearly a month, was released on 26 April 2008.

Alkarama had alerted on 14 January 2008 Ms. Louise Arbour, High Commissioner for Human Rights, asking her to intervene with the Saudi authorities and had as well seized on 29 February 2008 the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention .

29 Apr 2008

Libya: Release of Abdelsalam Ibrahim Mohammed

Alkarama for human Rights, April 28, 2008

Alkarama just learned that Abdelsalam Ibrahim Mohammed who had been deported from Switzerland on 23 November 2007 and had since disappeared was released on 27 April 2008.

28 Apr 2008

Human Rights Watch : UN, Mixed Results for New Review Process

States Avoid Serious Discussion of Rights in Algeria, Tunisia

(Geneva, April 18, 2008) – The first session of the new country review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council was undermined by inconsistencies and the timidity of some governments in reviewing others, Human Rights Watch said today. On April 18, 2008 the council concluded a two-week session in which it examined the records of 16 countries as part of the new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process.

25 Apr 2008

Egypt: Release of Khaled Hamza, human rights defender

Alkarama has just been informed about the release on 15 April 2008 of Mr. Khaled Hamza, defender of human rights, who was arrested on 20 February 2008. Mr. Hamza reports that he was mistreated during his detention and that he is still the subject, as was affirmed to him by officers of the intelligence services, to prosecution without receiving any further details.

20 Apr 2008