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Iraq: Disapperance of 11 of Mohammed Al-Dainy’s family and staff

On 21 February 2009 at 11h00, 11 staff members of Mohammed Al-Dainy's entourage were arrested at his office and have since disappeared. Alkarama fear for their physical and mental health.

On 20 May 2009, Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearance (WGEID), asking it to make an urgent intervention with the Iraqi authorities in the case of these eleven persons (named below).

25 May 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Abdullah Al-Souidani held incommunicado, risk of torture

Abdullah Al-Souidani, a Qatari national, was arrested on 9 May 2009 on the border with Saudi Arabia where he was planning a visit. He is being held in Al-Hayr prison since without his family being able to receive news of his condition.

On 20 May 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, asking him to urgently intervene with the Saudi authorities, due to the risk of torture people run when held incommunicado. 

24 May 2009
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Yemen: Arbitrary detention of Mohammed and Amer Al-Baadani

Mohammed Al-Baadani was abducted in 2001 when he was less than 14 years old. His father, Amer Al-Baadani was arrested in 2004. Both have been kept in detention without being presented before a court and tried.

Mohammed Ahmad Al-Amer Al-Baadani was born in 1988 is was a student before his arrest on 1 May 2001 

Amer Mohammed Ahmad Al-Baadani, born in 1955 is an employee of the Ministry of Education and was arrested in April 2004. 

22 May 2009
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Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Alaa Al-Maliki

Alaa Al-Maliki Khayr Allah was arrested on 17 February 2009 and has since disappeared.
20 May 2009
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UAE: Alkarama follows up cases and UPR pledges with a country visit

Members of Alkarama's legal department travelled to the United Arab Emirates from 11-16 April 2009. The purpose of the visit was to follow up on certain cases and to consider the human rights situation in the U.A.E in order to better understand and evaluate the situation in the country.

 

19 May 2009
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Iraq: Enforced disappearance of Omar Jasem, Hossein Mansoor and Odey Mansoor

Omar Jasem, Hossein Mansoor and Odey Mansoor were arrested on 25 February 2009 at the Mansoor home and since, their families have had no news from them.
19 May 2009
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United Arab Emirates: Al-Diqqi released, 10 year prison sentence reduced

Hassan Al-Diqqi, an outspoken political reformist in his country through various unofficial associations for over twenty years, was arrested on 20 July 2008. On the 4 March 2009, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, he appealed the decision, which led to his sentence being reduced to 6 months' imprisonment. He was released on the 11 May 2009.

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18 May 2009
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Egypt: Whereabouts of 17 prisoners leaked by released prisoners

Between 1992 and 1997, 17 people disappeared after being arrested by agents of the General Directorate for State Security Investigations.  Amongst the 17 who remain in custody were several men who were released soon after initial questioning.
16 May 2009
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Algeria: The National Institution for Human Rights (CNCPPDH) in the hot seat

Algeria's national institution for human rights is about to lose its International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions (ICC) accreditation.
15 May 2009
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Syria: Enforced disappearance of eight members of the Kurdish community in Qamishli

Between late August and November 2008, Syrian security services arrested eight people in Qamishli, a town in the north-east of Syria. These people have since disappeared. Alkarama submitted a communication to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), asking it to intervene with the Syrian authorities.

All of the following eight young men live in Qamishli and are Syrian nationals, with the exception of one: 

14 May 2009
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