The undersigned Arab human rights organizations condemn US President Donald Trump’s adoption of the policy of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people and his intent to implement this policy by imposing control over the Gaza Strip by armed force. Trump summoned the King of Jordan and the President of Egypt for urgent meetings that will begin next week in Washington DC, with the aim of compelling the two countries to receive about two million new Palestinian refugees.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms. Mary Lawlor, expressed her deep disappointment over the continued arbitrary detention, judicial harassment, intimidation, and criminalization of human rights defenders in Algeria due to their peaceful activities under vaguely worded provisions such as "harming state security." 

In a letter addressed to the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, Alkarama strongly condemned the Italian authorities for allowing Osama Njeim al-Masri, head of the Judicial Police Authority in Libya and accused of crimes against humanity, to evade justice after being arrested pursuant to an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant. 

‏January 24 marks the International Day of Education, which was declared on 3 December 2018, by the United Nations General Assembly, “in celebration of the role of education for peace and development” and to recognize “education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.” Many events are organized on this occasion around the world.

On 28th January 2025, Egypt will undergo a review of its human rights record over the past four years under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council. 

On January 16, 2025, Alkarama submitted two cases to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced Disappearances (WGEID) concerning Mare Salih Mohammed Mohamed Al Arifi and Abdulrahman Khaled Abdulrahman Sulayman. Both Libyan nationals disappeared after being arrested by members of the "Stability Support Authority," a militia led by Abdel Ghani Al Kikli, also known as "Ghniwa." 

On January 16, 2025, Alkarama submitted a request for urgent intervention to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the disappearance of Mr. Ayesh Al Harby, a Saudi national currently detained in Al Rusafa prison in Baghdad, Iraq. 

Ayesh Al Harby: Disappeared During Detention 

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Ms Mary Lawlor, has expressed deep concern over the persistent application of Egypt's counter-terrorism legislation to detain human rights defenders. She highlighted several cases, including that of Mr Ibrahim Metwally, whose case Alkarama previously supported by submitting a complaint to the UN Special Procedures. 

Recently released video footage has exposed harrowing scenes of torture perpetrated within "Qarnada" Prison, located in the city of Shahat in northeastern Libya, an area under the control of forces loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar. 

Saudi authorities have finally released two prisoners of conscience and human rights defenders, namely prominent academic Mohammad Fahad Al-Qahtani and lawyer Issa Al-Nukhaifi, after years of arbitrary detention under unfair sentences resulting from unjust trials. Alkarama worked on their cases within the framework of the United Nations special procedures. 

Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani