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Saudi Arabia: Detention and mistreatment of Dr. Al-Basher

Dr. Al-Basher, professor at the University of Riyadh, where he resides, has been detained incommunicado since 15 March 2007. For two years, other than a single visit, his family knows nothing of his future. Al-Karama sent on 14 April 2009 an urgent appeal to the Rapporteur on torture and requested the Working Group on arbitrary detention, asking them to intervene with Saudi authorities.

Dr.

15 Apr 2009
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United Arab Emirates: Letter to Secretary of State Clinton regarding the Naji Hamdan case

Al-Karama and other Human Rights organizations have sent a letter to American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the current detention of Naji Hamdan in the UAE. The case is of great concern to the international human rights community.
14 Apr 2009
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Yemen: Forced disappearance of Kassem Al-Ghouli and his two sons since 23 February 2009

At 3:45 am on 23 February 2009, agents of the political police arrested Kassem Ali Kassem Al-Ghoul and his two sons Mohamed and Ibrahim at their home, injuring Mohamed. The authorities continue to deny the arrest and disappearance of these three people despite several requests for information.

Al-Karama sent an urgent appeal to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, asking it to intervene with the Yemeni authorities.

10 Apr 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Khaled Al-Rashed sentenced to 15 years in prison after an expedited trial

Al-Karama has been informed that when Khaled Al-Rashed, a member of the so-called "reformers", appealed his prison sentence, it was immediately tripled. He was arrested in 2006 and sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment in a trial held behind closed doors.

He appealed this decision at the Hay'at Al-Tamyz court, which was acting as a court of appeal in this case.

09 Apr 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Dr. Al-Faleh’s detention defined as arbitrary

Al-Karama recently received the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's opinion 37/2008 dated 21 November 2008 regarding the arrest and detention of Dr.
06 Apr 2009
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Yemen: Condemnation for the arbitrary detention of Al-Hattar Abd Al-Adhim

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has just informed Al-Karama of opinion 40/2008 of 24 November 2008, which establishes that Al-Hattar has been arbitrarily detained.
03 Apr 2009
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Israel: Extrajudicial executions of 11 members of the Deeb family.

During the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, called "Operation Cast Lead", 1417 Palestinians were killed, of which 926 were civilians, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.

On 6 January 2009, the family home of Hussein Deeb, where many civilians had taken refuge, was hit by Israeli shells. 14 family members were hit, of which 11 died.

02 Apr 2009
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Yemen: Secret detention for more than 14 years of five Cameroonians

Al-Karama was informed of the detention of five Cameroonian nationals, since March 1995, at the Sana'a Political Security (Amn Al-Assiyassi) Centre, without due legal process.

On 1 April 2009, Al-Karama launched an urgent appeal to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on Torture, outlining the situation of the detainees and asking these bodies to intervene with the Yemeni authorities.

02 Apr 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Severe condemnation for the arbitrary detention of Dr. Said Bin Zair

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has informed Al-Karama of opinion 36/2008, of 21 November 2008, in which it finds serious violations of the rights of Dr. Said bin Mubarak bin Zair, secretly detained since his arrest on June 6 2007 by the intelligence services.

Dr.

30 Mar 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Thamer Al-Matiri arbitrarily detained since 2 November 2008

On 2 November 2008, Thamer Al-Matiri, a Kuwaiti citizen, was arrested without a warrant by the Saudi intelligence services (Al-Mabahit Al-Aama) 2008 at Jeddah airport. Al-Karama informed the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of this on 27 March 2009, asking it to intercede with the Saudi authorities.

Thamer Rekhis Eid Al-Matiri, aged 27, is an official at the Ministry of Information in Kuwait, where he lives.

29 Mar 2009
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