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UAE: the Working Group confirms the arbitrary nature of the detention of two Uighurs

Abdessalam Salim, 37, and Omar Akbar, 35, two Chinese Muslims (Uighurs) were arrested in June 2008 in Dubai with their spouses by the security forces of the state. After two years of solitary confinement, they were tried and sentenced by the Federal Supreme Court on 29 June 2010 to ten years in prison for terrorism, a decision that they were not able to appeal.
21 Nov 2011
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Egypt: UN body declares the trial of Mr Maikel Nabil Sanad illegal, and asks for his release and compensation

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted Opinion 50/2011 on 2 September 2011, following the complaint lodged by Alkarama against the Egyptian authorities regarding the arrest and trial of Mr Sanad, who was tried before a military court which sentenced him to three years jail on 10 May 2011.

Alkarama, based in Geneva, and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) in Cairo, had previously lodged a complaint with the WGAD regarding the case of Mr Sanad, asking for their immediate intervention to bring an end to his military trial.

18 Nov 2011
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Yemen: An appeal to lift the siege of the students in "Dar al-Hadeeth" in Sa'dah, and their families

Alkarama and Hood urgently appeal to the Yemeni government to intervene immediately to lift the ongoing siege of thousands of people in the "Dar al-Hadeeth" centre in the Dammaj area of Sa'dah, North Yemen. The authorities should further ensure the delivery of food and medical aid to more than three thousand Yemeni families and foreign residents, including children, women, as well as sick and elderly people, who have been besieged for nearly one month and who are acutely lacking food and medecine.

17 Nov 2011
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Algeria: M. Abdelkader Hamdaoui, a victim of enforced disappearance since 27 September 2011

Mr. Abdelkader HAMDAOUI

M. Abdelkader HAMDAOUI Abdelkader, 24, was abducted on 27 September 2011 at 15:00 at the home of his grandmother in Rouissat, in the state of Ouargla, by several agents in civilian dress that presented themselves as the police but provided no identification. They gave no motive for the arrest and did not bring with them an arrest warrant.

12 Nov 2011
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Yemen : Appeal for a stay of execution of two Yemeni Citizens detained in Iraq

The Alkarama Foundation (Geneva) and the National organisation for defending rights and freedom - Hood (Sana) urge the Iraqi authorities not to apply the death penalty for two Yemeni citizens among a group of nineteen who have been detained for many years, and who faced unfair trials and sentences, including a Yemeni woman who has been sentenced for life imprisonment.

10 Nov 2011
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Lebanon: Promptly investigate torture and arbitrary detention allegations in the case of Mr. Tarek Rabaa

The undersigned organizations demand an immediate, independent and thorough investigation into the alleged torture and arbitrary detention of Mr. Tarek Rabaa in Lebanon. Furthermore the undersigned organizations call on the Lebanese authorities for his immediate release, if his confession proves to have been forcibly extracted under torture.
Tarek Rabaa, a 41-years old Lebanese citizen, working as engineer at Alfa Telecom Company, was summoned to the Ministry of Defense for investigation on 12 July 2010.
09 Nov 2011
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Iraq: Imminent danger of the execution of an Egyptian condemned to death

On 7 November 2011, Alkarama learned that Suleiman Abderraouf, a 45-year-old Egyptian national detained in Al-Khadimiya prison in Baghdad and recently condemned to death with the approval of the Iraqi president, risks being executed at any moment.
07 Nov 2011
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Human Rights Committee concludes review of Kuwait

The Human Rights Committee today concluded its review of the implementation by Kuwait of its obligations from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by issuing its advanced unedited version of its findings on Kuwait today.
07 Nov 2011
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Morocco: Kingdom of Morocco examined by the experts of the Committee against Torture

On 1 and 2 November, the experts of the Committee against Torture examined the national report of Morocco at the Palais Wilson in Geneva. Present at the review was a Moroccan delegation headed by M. Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of the Kindom of Morocco at the UN, as well as representatives of Moroccan civil society and Alkarama.
See the videos of the sessions of the review below:

See the videos on the links below

04 Nov 2011
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From University to Prison: Two Lebanese Students Illegally Detained Since 2007

In 2005, Youssef Shehadeh and Ibrahim Khadr, two 27 year-old Lebanese students left Lebanon for Saudi Arabia to study Islamic Law at the Islamic Medina University. They could have had their degree by now but the Saudi authorities decided otherwise. Both were arrested in June 2007 on the compound of the University by the Saudi security services (Mabahith) without being given any explanation. Since then, they are being detained in the Kingdom without any legal proceedings.

Youssef Shehadeh disappeared for one year following his arrest on the 1 June 2007.

04 Nov 2011
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