Yemen: Al-Ghouli and Al-Naggar sentenced after unfair trial at Sanaa's Specialised State Security Court

On 26 January 2009, Sana'a's Specialised State Security Court ruled against Mohamed Qasim Ali Al-Gholi and Amin Al-Naggar - two cases which Alkarama had previously submitted to the UN
27 Jan 2010
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UAE: Palestinian student tortured by UAE State Security forces to extract evidence, now faces unfair trial

While visiting the home of an Emirati friend in Ras Al-Khayma, Mohamed Mostafa, 21 and of Palestinian origin, was arrested by UAE State Security forces on 22 July 2009. His brother and friends were also arrested at the same time; however they were released after three months of detention. At the time of the arrests, no judicial arrest warrants were presented nor were the victims told the reasons for their arrests.
27 Jan 2010
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Mauritania: Journalist, Hanevy Ould Dahah, arbitrarily detained after publishing article

The Editor in Chief of Taqadoumy news network, Hanevy Ould Dahah (33 year old resident of Nouakchott), was arrested on 18 June 2009 and held in custody for five days; after which he was brought before an investigative magistrate on charges of "civil and moral indecency". His arrest came after he published an article on Taqadoumy's website criticizing presidential candidate Ibrahima Moctar Sarr.
25 Jan 2010
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Egypt: Student, Mamdouh Diab, arrested, tortured and disappeared

When Mamdouh Diab's family visited him in Al Marg al Jadid prison on 5 January 2010, they were informed he was to be transferred to Shabeen Al-Qanater Police Station the same day in order to be processed for his release. However, his family has not received any news of him since and Police officers from the Shabeen Al-Qanater deny ever having received him at the police station.
22 Jan 2010
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Yemen: Yasser Al-Wazir sentenced to 8 years imprisonment in an unfair trial

Having previously submitted his case as an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders on 20 November 2009, Alkarama has just learned that Yasser Al-Wazir was sentenced on 17 January 2010 to 8 years imprisonment by the Specialized Primary Criminal Court in Sana'a.

At the time

20 Jan 2010
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Egypt: 15 previously disappeared victims from the so-called "Zeitoun Cell" now held at Istikbal Tora Prison

According to reliable sources from within Egypt, 15 of the 16 victims from the so-called "Zeitoun Cell" who were arrested on 2 July 2009 (and subsequently enforcedly disappeared), reappeared when they were presented to the Emergency State Security Supreme Court for a hearing on 4 January 2010. They have since been transferred to Istikbal Tora Prison near Cairo.
19 Jan 2010
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Egypt: Mr Djema'a Ramadhan held for one year after UN confirmed arbitrary nature of his detention

Mr Djema'a Al-Seyed Suleymane Ramadhan, was arrested on 11 May 1994 from his home. He was detained for more than 15 years following an unfair trialbefore a Military Tribunal, only being released in September 2009.
19 Jan 2010
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Syria: Further disappearances following arrests by security forces

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Ahmad Mustafa Ben Mohamed,
aka Pir Rostom
19 Jan 2010
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Egypt: Lack of medical care in Egyptian prisons leads to serious risk of death for numerous detainees

Egyptian prisons are notorious for their bad conditions of detention, the widespread practice of torture and the arbitrary nature of the detention of many of their inmates. In addition to this, Alkarama has been informing the United Nations human rights mechanisms of a further worrying problem in many Egyptian prisons, whereby detainees suffering from medical conditions at the time of their arrest, are given no medical attention, often putting them at serious risk of death.

18 Jan 2010
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Egypt: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention confirms the arbitrary nature of Dr Islam al Mazeny’s detention and calls for compensation

Dr Islam Sobhy Al-Mazeny, an Egyptian doctor and poet, was arrested on 7 April 2007 by the Egyptian State Security Intelligence (SSI) as he was organizing his departure to work in a Saudi Arabian clinic. In a poor state of health, he was detained without any legal basis for 8 months, until his release on 19 December 2007.

16 Jan 2010
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