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Algeria: The Human Rights Committee seizes the case of Mr. Mohammed Belamrania, tortured and summarily executed by the army at Jijel

Mohamed Belamrania was arrested on 13 July 1995 by soldiers and was savagely tortured. His body was found among dozens of other mutilated corpses next to the road, riddled with bullets.

To date, his family has not received justice from the Algerian authorities and has been forced to address the issue to international mechanisms. Alkarama lodged a complaint on 9 May 2012 to the Human Rights Committee.

10 May 2012
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Kuwait: Arbitrary detention of Bidun rights activist Abdulhakim Al Fadhli

On 1 May 2012, Mr Abdulhakim Al Fadhli, a well-known activist for the rights of Bidun (stateless) in Kuwait, was arrested for the third time this year and who is now charged with calling for and participating in demonstrations. Alkarama strongly condemns the persecution of Mr Al Fadhli which clearly violates his right to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly and is solely based on his commitment to the cause for equal rights of the Bidun in Kuwait.

09 May 2012
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Palestine: Closure of human rights organisation Rased's Ramallah office

After criticising the integrity of officials working for the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (Rased) and its members experienced growing harassment, which climaxed in the ordered closure of Rased's offices in Ramallah, Palestine, on 12 April 2012.
08 May 2012
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Algeria: Release of Tarek Mameri

Tarek mameri was brought before the court of Algiers on the morning of Friday 4 May. He was charged with several counts including charges of "insulting a constituted body," "destruction of public property," "destruction of government documents," and "incitement to unlawful assembly."

He was released on probation and was summoned to appear the next 30 May before the correctional court of Algiers to be sentenced.

Tarek Mameri was arrested on 1 May at 9:00 p.m. in the middle of Algiers by several plainclothes agents presenting themselves as police officers.

07 May 2012
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Yemen: HOOD and Alkarama condemn the continuing extra-judicial executions

The Alkarama Foundation and the Yemeni organisation HOOD condemn the US drone assassination of the Yemeni citizen Fahd Mohammad al-Quso, 38, in Azan, Shabwah province in the south of Yemen, on Sunday 6 May 2012.
07 May 2012
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Algeria: Malik Medjnoun freed from prison today

Mr. Malik Medjnoun was arrested on 28 September 1999 by agents of the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) and had been detained ever since. He was released from the civil prison of Tizi-Ouzou at 10:00 a.m. on 2 May 2012. Accused of the murder of singer Lounès Matoub, he has always maintained his innocence. He was severely tortured and interrogated in the "Antar" police station in Ben-Aknoun, Algiers. He was kept in prison for eleven years without trial. He was finally sentenced to 12 years in prison on 18 July 2011.
01 May 2012
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Algeria: Mr. Tarek MAMERI, a young cyber activist who has called for a boycott of legislative elections, abducted 1 May 2012

Tarek Mameri, a 23-year old who lives in Algiers in the Belouizdad quarter, was abducted on 1 May 2012 at 9:00 p.m. in the middle of Algiers. He was taken by several individuals in civilian dress who were traveling in an unmarked white Volkswagen Caddy.
01 May 2012
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Morocco: Rachid Niny, editor of Al Massae daily, was released after serving his full sentence

Rachid Niny, editor of Al Massae, one of the most important Moroccan Arabic newspapers, left the prison of Akkacha (Casablanca) on 28 April 2012 around three in the morning, after serving his sentence of one year's imprisonment.

On 9 June 2011 he was sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 dirhams for "harming constitutional bodies and public figures."

01 May 2012
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Yemen: The right to life of 73 soldiers held by armed group safeguarded

The Alkarama Foundation, in cooperation with the Yemeni NGO HOOD, intervened to ensure the release of 73 imprisoned soldiers held since March by the "Ansar al-Shariah" armed group in the Abyan province in the south of Yemen.
01 May 2012
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Syria: Yacoub Shamoun released after 26 years of arbitrary detention

Today, Alkarama informed the United Nations Special Procedures that Mr Yacoub Shamoun, a Syrian national aged 48, was finally released on 14 March 2012, after almost 27 years of arbitrary detention.

Alkarama has been working on Mr Shamoun's case since July 2011, when we informed the United Nations Special Procedures of his arbitrary detention. In follow-up to the initial communication, we were pleased to share with the UN bodies the information of his release today, while reiterating our previous concerns about the unlawfulness of his long detention.

30 Apr 2012
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