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Jordan: Abd Al-Salam Ashraf Released

At noon yesterday, Monday 28 September 2010, Alkarama learned that Ashraf Muhammad Yusuf Abd Al-Salam was released by Jordanian intelligence services.

Mr Abd Al-Salam Ashraf was arrested on 28 June 2010 following a summons by the General Intelligence Services in Amman. He was immediately arrested, put in secret detention and tortured.

28 Sep 2010
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Jordan: Jordanian writer disappeared by security forces

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Mr Issam Tahar Al Uteibi, a well-known Jordanian writer and theologian, was disappeared on 17 September 2010 by officers of the Jordanian Central Intelligence
22 Sep 2010
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Saudi Arabia: Arrest and arbitrary detention of two French citizens

Cherif Al Karoui and Hichem Matri, two French nationals who travelled to Saudi Arabia and were arrested on 27 May 2010, are currently being held in Al-Hayr prison in total isolation from the outside world. They have learned that they are suspected of terrorist activity without any charges officially being brought against them and without being brought before a judge.

Alkarama submitted their cases to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, asking them to intervene with the Saudi authorities so that the two men are freed or given legal protection.

17 Sep 2010
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Qatar: Release of Mohamed Farouk Al Mahdi

Following 11 months of detention without charge or trial in the Qatari police station of Asima in Doha, Mohamed Farouk Al Mahdi was released yesterday, on 14 September 2010.

15 Sep 2010
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Geneva : Alkarama hosts Haneen Zoabi, Israeli-Arab Member of the Knesset

haneenzoabi_8sept2010_akAlkarama hosted Israeli-Arab Member of the Knesset, Ms Haneen Zoabi, in Geneva last week (7-8 September), during her visit to Europe. Haneen Zoabi is the only woman elected as a member of an Arab party to the Knesset and participated in the Gaza Flotilla in May 2010.
13 Sep 2010
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Yemen: Protests continue as IFJ intervenes for release of two journalists

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The fate of the Yemeni journalists, detained by the State security secret services since mid-August with no legal proceedings, remains shrouded in darkness.
03 Sep 2010
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Egypt: Torture victim paralysed while in custody

Alkarama has just learned that Omar Makhlouf, detained and tortured since his arrest on 12 June 2008, is now paralysed as his health continues to worsen.

Omar Makhlouf has consistently been denied proper medical treatment while in custody. The Egyptian authorities are in direct violation of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, specifically Article 5 which states that "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" and Article 9 which states that "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile."

02 Sep 2010
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Yemen: Peaceful sit-in protest in solidarity with detained journalists

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On 26 August 2010, Alkarama's representative in Yemen participated in a peaceful sit-in protest in front of the Attorney General's office in the capital Sana'a.
27 Aug 2010
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Egypt: Military court adjourns workers trial

An Egyptian Military Court has postponed the trial of eight workers of the Helwan Engineering Industries Company to next Wednesday, 1 September 2010. The adjournment came in response to the peaceful demands made by the defense.

This was the first hearing in workers' trial, which took place on Sunday 22 August 2010 at Egypt's Military Tribunal - one of Egypt's ‘special courts', frequently used by the Egyptian government to suppress activists and opponents.

The following eight individuals from the Helwan Engineering Industries Company are on trial:

24 Aug 2010
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Syria : Two further deaths at the hands of the security services

Following massive public outcry in Egypt in recent months over the beating to death of young Khaled Said by Egyptian security forces in Cairo, evidence is now emerging from Syria that they are confronted with a similarly brutal execution of a young man by its security forces in Damascus.
20 Aug 2010
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