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On 8 december 2010, Alkarama informed the Special Rapporteur on the summary executions, requesting his intervention on on behalf of Mr El-Ati. The aim is to instigate an independent investigation into the the circumstances surrounding M. Al-Ati's death, as well as identifying those responsible.

Abderrahim El-Ati, 23, lived and worked as a carpenter in Azemmour, 70 km east of Casablanca.

On 9 December 2010, Alkarama sent Mr Abdelhalem‘s case to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting its intervention with the Egyptian authorities to immediately release Mr Abdelhalem and to take the appropriate measures against those who deprived him of his liberty.

Human rights organisation Alkarama hosted a one-day symposium in London focusing on human rights and arbitrary detention in Saudi Arabia.

Alkarama is pleased to announce that the NGO response to the Dublin Statement on the Process of Strengthening the UN human rights treaty body system has been adopted by a group of 20 international non-governmental human rights organisations, including Alkarama.

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Youssef Kayed

Alkarama has learned of the forced return of Mr Youssef Kayed from Bulgaria to Lebanon last Saturday, 27 November 2010, where he risks torture and ill-treatment at the hands of the Lebanese authorities.

Alkarama fears that Mr Al Swaid risks being heavily sentenced on the basis of a dossier containing confessions extracted under duress and through severe torture.

Families of prisoners held in Saudi Arabian prisons without charge or trial gathered outside Saudi embassies across Europe and the Middle East today, protesting long-standing and continuing abuses of human rights.

On 26 November 2010 Alkarama addressed the Special Rapporteur on Torture requesting his intervention with the Moroccan authorities for instigate an investigation into the incident.