Saudi Arabia: Dr Al-Hashimi in isolation, victim of ill treatment

Dr. Saud Mukhtar Al-Hashimi, arrested with eight other persons on 2 February 2007 by the Intelligence Services (Mabahith) in Jeddah, is currently detained and subject to ill treatment. Due to his hunger strike that began on 1 June 2009 he has been the victim of retaliation.

Alkarama called upon the Special Rapporteur on torture on 21 July 2009 asking him to urgently intervene with the Saudi authorities to stop the abuse of Dr Al-Hashimi.

23 Jul 2009
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Iraq: Liberation of Mahmoud Farhan after four months of disappearance

Alkarama learned that Mahmoud Kareem Farhan who had been abducted on 22 February 2009 at the office of Mr Al-Dainy, an Iraqi MP who is currently being pursued, was released on 22 June 2009, four months after his detention in Baghdad's Green Zone.

On 20 May 2009 Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances and the Special Rapporteur against Torture to ask them to urgently intervene with the authorities in Iraq in the case of eleven people arrested that same day and under the same circumstance

21 Jul 2009
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Egypt: Sudanese scholar Sheikh Al Hadj secretly detained and tortured

Alkarama was informed of the situation of Sheikh Messad Bachir Ali Al Hadj, aged 65, a Sudanese national, is currently hospitalized in Khartoum following 15 days of secret detention and torture by the Egyptian Security Services after his arrest at Cairo Airport on 22 June 2009.

On 10 July 2009 Alkarama made an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture asking him to intervene with the Egyptian authorities in the case of Mr Al Hadj.

21 Jul 2009
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UAE: Arbitrary detention and torture in the "fight against terrorism"

On 1 October 2008, members of the police and the State Security (Amn Al Dawla) brutally raided the homes of several people, arresting numerous men who are currently being held arbitrarily.

On 14 July 2009, Alkarama sent a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, asking it to intervene with the Emirati authorities in the case of the persons listed below, who are currently detained arbitrarily and for whom there are fears of torture and ill-treatment: 

15 Jul 2009
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Morocco: Mr Britel, Italian victim of “extraordinary rendition” still detained

On 25 June 2009 Alkarama and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the case of Abou Al Kassim Britel, an Italian citizen victim of the illegal CIA "extraordinary rendition".
09 Jul 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Six months of arbitrary detention for Al-Oteibi and Al-‘Omeir, General Investigative Services deny orders for their release

Despite the recent orders of the Saudi judicial inquiry for the release of two detainees, arrested for trying to organize a peaceful demonstration in early January 2009, the Executive Authorities in Saudi Arabia represented by the General Investigative Services have refused to comply with the orders of the judiciary, and insist on the arbitrary detention of a number of persons who tried to organize the demonstration, including Mr Khalid Suleiman Al-‘Omeir and Mr Mohammad Al-Oteibi, who were arrested six months without ever facing any legal proceedings.
04 Jul 2009
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Iraq: Alkarama provides information to the IPU Committee for the Human Rights of Parliamentarians

On 29 June 2009, Alkarama's Legal Director, Rachid Mesli and Senior Legal Officer Deborah Manning were invited to present information at the 126th session of the International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians.
29 Jun 2009
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Algeria: Adel Saker, reappears after 11 months of "disappearance"

Alkarama learned that Mr.
29 Jun 2009
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Jordan: Concerns persist despite Jordan's commitments to the HRC

On 11 June 2009, the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the report of the Working Group on Jordan which was discussed at the fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (2-13 February 2009). The comments of State representatives present at this meeting and their recommendations are reflected in this document.
26 Jun 2009
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Morocco: Italian "Extraordinary Rendition" Victim Still Held In Morocco Based On Tortured Confession

Human rights groups today asked two U.N. Special Rapporteurs to investigate the case of Abou Elkassim Britel, an Italian citizen and victim of the CIA's unlawful "extraordinary rendition" program who is currently held in a Moroccan prison based on a confession coerced from him through torture. The American Civil Liberties Union and Alkarama for Human Rights requested that the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and the U.N.

25 Jun 2009
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