Alkarama | Combating injustice in the Arab World since 2004

Bahrain: 6 dead and hundreds injured in clampdown of peaceful protests

Since the beginning of the protests in Bahrain calling for democratic changes in the country, Alkarama has been informed of 6 deaths and hundreds of injured caused by excessive use of violence by the police.

18 Feb 2011

Libya: Violence against demonstrators by armed civilians groups leads to more than 50 dead

Following the arrest on Tuesday 15 February of a known human rights defender, Mr Fathi Tarbal, and a number of journalists, bloggers and human rights activists, peaceful demonstrations calling for an end to the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi, in power for 40 years, broke out in several cities.

18 Feb 2011

UAE: Hassan Al Hamadi released pending trial

Alkarama was today informed of the release of Hassan Al Hamadi, the 52 year old human rights defender arrested on 4 February 2011 for having voiced his support for the pro-democracy protests in Egypt. Mr Al Hamadi was released on bail on the morning of 17 February 2011, but is still pending trial.

17 Feb 2011

Lebanon: 92 detained in Nahr Al-Bared affair since 2007

The Geneva-based Alkarama Foundation and the Union of Muslim Human Rights Activists in Lebanon addressed a detailed communication to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the arbitrary detention of 92 detainees held in Roumieh prison during the past three years.

The men were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the events which took place between May and September 2007 at the Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp, located in northern Lebanon some 20km from Tripoli.

17 Feb 2011

Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Al-Qahtani and six others arrested after attempt to form Saudi's first political party

Yesterday, 16 February 2010, Muhammad Al-Qahtani and six other Saudi human rights activists were arrested, without being shown a warrant, by plainclothes Saudi security personnel at their homes. This arrest follows their attempts to start a reformist political party, which was presented to the Royal Diwan for authorisation and approval.

17 Feb 2011

Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Abdulkarim released

Sources have confirmed the release of Dr. Muhammad Bin Abdallah Bin Ali Al Abdulkarim, a Saudi political prisoner. The Saudi authorities arrested him on 5 December 2010 after he published an article on the political situation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

17 Feb 2011

Libya: Tarbal is released; arrests continues

At midnight on Tuesday 15 February 2011, Fathi Tarbal, the human rights defender arrested earlier that day, was finally released and could go home to his family. However the arrests of people speaking their mind continue: Dris Al Masmari, who gave an interview on Al Jazeera on Tuesday, and Mohamed Asshiem, a well known blogger were both arrested at 7:00 this morning from their homes.

16 Feb 2011

Libya: Libyan human rights activist arrested by security services

Today at 15h30, Mr Fathi Tarbal, a 41 year old Libyan lawyer, was arrested by members of the Libyan Interior Security (Amn al Dakhlii).

15 Feb 2011

Syria: 19 year-old female student sentenced to 5 years imprisonment

Tal Al-Malllouhi, the 19 year-old student and blogger from Homs arrested in December 2009, was sentenced on 14 February 2011 to 5 years of imprisonment by the High Court of State Security in Damascus.

15 Feb 2011