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On 11 March 2025, Alkarama submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) the case of Mr. Abdullah Ali Abdulhafidh ABDELWAHAB, a Yemeni businessman who was arbitrarily arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and sentenced to 15 years in prison merely for posts on Facebook. 

Every year on this date, the world celebrates International Women's Day, as established by the United Nations. This occasion serves as an important moment to highlight the status of women globally and to reaffirm the necessity of strengthening laws that uphold women's rights and ensure their protection from all forms of violence.

Alkarama for Human Rights, based in Geneva, has published its 2024 annual report, marking the 20th anniversary of the organization's founding. The report highlights the overall human rights situation across the four regions of the Arab world.

Alkarama recently filed a complaint with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to denounce the arrest and enforced disappearance of Suleiman Al-Duwaish, a prominent religious figure in the country.  

On 20 September 2009, Mr. Walid Hosni, a third-year student at the Higher School of Medical Sciences in Tunis, disappeared under circumstances that remain unclear to this day. 

Mr. Hosni, 22 years old, left his home at 6:30 AM as usual to run daily errands, without carrying any identification or a significant amount of money. Since then, his family has had no news of him and remains completely unaware of his fate, despite numerous attempts to obtain information from various authorities. 

As usual, Arab government delegations exploit the sessions of the United Nations Human Rights Council as a platform for public relations campaigns and to improve their human rights records, rather than using interactive dialogues to develop a serious vision for improving the human rights situation and ending policies of repression and intimidation. 

On 18 February 2025, Alkarama submitted a communication to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concerning the case of five Syrians who have been arbitrarily detained since their arrest on 11 December 2024, by the Benghazi Internal Security Forces. 

Social justice constitutes a fundamental pillar for the protection and promotion of human rights. By ensuring social justice, individuals are granted access to the fundamental rights necessary to live in dignity. In this regard, since its establishment, Alkarama has been committed to advocating for those engaged in the struggle for social justice within Arab societies, including trade unionists, human rights defenders, political activists, journalists, scholars, and intellectuals. 

Through its resolution 77/243, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed February 12 as the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism Leading to Terrorism, with the aim of raising awareness about the threats associated with violent extremism and strengthening international cooperation in this regard. 

The undersigned Arab human rights organizations condemn US President Donald Trump’s adoption of the policy of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian people and his intent to implement this policy by imposing control over the Gaza Strip by armed force. Trump summoned the King of Jordan and the President of Egypt for urgent meetings that will begin next week in Washington DC, with the aim of compelling the two countries to receive about two million new Palestinian refugees.