On 22 June 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (RST) regarding the cases of 10 farmers from the Obock region in northern Djibouti, who were ill-treated during their 10 day-secret detention, and of that of another farmer, at great ris

On 15 June 2015, Alkarama sent a communication the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture (SRT) concerning the cases of 10 Libyan citizens all subjected to torture at the end of 2014.

On 29 June 2015, the United Nations Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict (CoI on Gaza) presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) the conclusions of its inquiry into violations of International Humanitarian Law (

A new report released in an online panel discussion by Alkarama on 24 June 2015 shows the traumatising impact that the U.S.

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On 12 June 2015, Alkarama provided the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) – a body of 10 independent experts that monitors the implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons against enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) by its State parties – with a

On 24 June 2015 at 5.30pm, Alkarama will launch its new report on "Traumatising Skies: U.S. Drone Operations and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) among Civilians in Yemen." The event will take the form of an online discussion will feature a panel of four experts from diverse backgrounds, including military, legal and psychiatry.

During its 72nd session held in Geneva on 20-29 April 2015, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted an Opinion on the case of Bassel Khartabil, a fervent defender of the right to freedom of expression who has been detained without trial since his arrest by the military security on 15 March 2012. In this Opinion, the WGAD considers his detention "arbitrary" and calls for his immediate release.

On 17 June 2015, Alkarama urgently informed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) of the current situation of Abdessamad Bettar, who was tortured and transferred to solitary confinement in the punishment block of the prison of Safi, where he is being held for having begun a hunger strike and demanded his release.