Human rights sources reported that the Saudi Criminal Court of Appeal decided to toughen the sentence issued against the Saudi preacher, Khaled Al-Rashed, condemning him a second time, and adding another 17 years to his sentence, to become 40 years, in another flagrant violation of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention’s Opinion calling for his release.
The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances is visiting Iraq starting November 12 to determine ways to address cases of enforced disappearance in line with its mandate under Article 33 of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
The wife of prominent Saudi Arabian prisoner of conscience Dr Muhammad Al-Qahtani has called for the disclosure of her husband’s fate who has been cut off from all telephone contact. The authorities cut off his usual telephone contact with his family, which was scheduled for October 24.
Alkarama learned from Saudi human rights sources that the Criminal Court of Appeal, which specializes in state security cases, had issued a five-year prison sentence against the detained Yemeni journalist, Marwan Al-Muraisy.
Abdelhamid Bouziza (25), a peaceful activist and social media blogger, denounced the situation of political detainees and peacefully advocated for their defense through social media.
The United Nations Committee against Torture, initially seized by Alkarama on 30 October 2018, has recognized the responsibility of the Moroccan State due to the torture suffered by Mohamed Hajib following his arrest and conviction for alleged terrorist acts to ten years in prison based solely on confessions extracted under torture.
During its 135th session, which took place in Geneva from 27 June to 27 July 2022, the United Nations Human Rights Committee concluded to the responsibility of the Algerian State for the enforced disappearance of Boubekeur FERGANI in the 1990s. The Committee ruled on the case following a communication from Alkarama dated 26 May 2016.
