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Israel: ongoing extra-judicial execution of peaceful demonstrators and activists

On 15 May 2011, peaceful popular protests were carried out along the Israeli borders with many Arab states by Palestinian refugees and their supporters calling for them to be allowed back to the lands their families once owned.
01 Jul 2011
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Iraq: Risk of execution of five foreign nationals sentenced to death

Yousri Al-Tariqi, Tunisian, Badr Ashour Ali, Moroccan, Mohamed Fraj Allah, Libyan, Adel Ali, Libyan, and Nasser Mojib, Saudi Arabian, are detained at Soussa prison in Suleimaniyah (in Iraqi Kurdistan) and had been sentenced to death between 2006 and 2010. They may be executed soon.

1. Mr. Yousri Fakher Mohamed AL-TARIQI, a Tunisian national, was arrested 5 May 2006 in the provice of Salaheddine in northern Iraq by members of the Iraqi security forces.

01 Jul 2011
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Morocco: Release of Mr. Karim Khadir

Mr. Karim Khader, who has dual British-Moroccan citizenship and lives in London, was arrested 24 June 2011 after arriving at Tanger port. He was freed 30 June 2011.

Recollection of the facts:

Mr. Karim Khader (كريم خادر) is 30 years old and of dual British-Moroccan citizenship; he is an air-conditioning engineer and normally lives in London in the United Kingdom. He was arrested 24 June 2011 at 5:30 am at the port of Tanger where he was disembarking from a ship with his father-in-law.

01 Jul 2011
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Libya: Summary executions at Bani Walid

Seven people arrested by soldiers of the Libya army were summarily executed 28 May 2011 at Bani Walid. These victims are identified as Libyan civilians who were fleeing Libya and taking refuge in a collective home of Egyptian workers who were also executed during the incident. The exact number and identities of all of the victims remains unknown.

The Libyan Truth and Justice Committee, a group on the ground with which Alkarama has regularly collaborated, brought this information to our attention.

27 Jun 2011
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Morocco: Journalist Rachid Niny sentenced to one year in prison

Mr. Rachid Niny, editor in chief of one of the largest daily Moroccan Arabic newspapers called "Al Massae," was brought 28 April 2011 to the headquarters of the national judicial police brigade in Casablanca and placed in custody.
24 Jun 2011
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Saudi Arabia: Release on bail of Mr. Suleiman Al-Rashoudi

The lawyer Mr. Sulaiman Al-Rashoudi that had been detained arbitrarily for more than four years has been released on bail 23 June 2011. He was arrested in Jeddah 2 February 2007 by intelligence services (Mabahith). His trial is ongoing and the next hearing will take place 26 June 2011.

Mr. Al-Rashoudi was born in 1935 and lived in Riyadh. He is known as a human rights lawyer and activist who is engaged in the defense of prisoners of opinion in Saudi Arabia.

24 Jun 2011
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Syria: Extra-judicial killings continue in Syria

Alkarama is concerned at the ongoing widespread violation of human rights in Syria. On 14 June 2011, we submitted a new communication regarding a further 80 people who have been extra-judicially executed by the security forces, some dying under torture to the Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions.
24 Jun 2011
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Lebanon: Alkarama commends Lebanon release of wrongfully-detained Syrian refugees

All Syrian refugees detained by the Lebanese authorities for being in the country illegally have been released this week. Following their release, Prime Minister Mikati declared on Arab television channel Al-Arabiya that his government will "look at the issue of Syrian refugees ...
24 Jun 2011
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Iraq: The Yemeni Hasna Ali Yahya Hussein was sentenced to life in prison at a hearing that did not exceed 10 minutes

Based on a single court session that did not last longer than 10 minutes and after more than one year of arbitrary detention and ill treatment the Yemeni prisoner Hasna Ali Yahya Hussein was sentenced by an Iraqi court to lifelong imprisonment.

On 25 May 2011 Alkarama sent a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting it to intervene with the Iraqi authorities and asking the latter to take the necessary measures for the release of Mrs. Hasna Ali Yahya Hussein, as well as to provide her with appropriate compensation.

23 Jun 2011
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One Date, One Place: Let's all stand against torture!

On June 26, "The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is an occasion to underscore the internationally recognized right of all men and women to live free from torture.  It is an opportunity to reaffirm our collective commitment to prohibit torture and all cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment" – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

«The term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confess

23 Jun 2011
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