Ashraf Abdulsalam was arrested on 28 June 2010 after appearing for questioning at the Jordanian Intelligence services' headquarters in Amman. He was held incommunicado and reportedly tortured while in custody.

Alkarama submitted his case as an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, requesting his intervention with the Jordanian authorities. Alkarama has requested that a full and impartial investigation into the accusations of torture allegedly carried out by Jordanian intelligence services - in an effort to identify the perpetrators and punish them.

Damascus Claims He Is Held for Inquiry into Killing of Lebanon Ex-Premier

The Syrian authorities should release Ziad Ramadan, who the Syrian authorities falsely claim is detained so he can be interviewed by the international body investigating the assassination of Rafic Hariri, former prime minister of Lebanon, Alkarama, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The following is the statement from the three groups:

On Thursday 22 July 2010, in an open letter addressed to the Lebanese Minister of Justice, Dr.

Alkarama has just received news that Nasser Al-Hajiri, a Kuwaiti citizen, has been released. He was arrested by Saudi Intelligence services on 16 December 2007 at a border crossing en route from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait.

During his imprisonment, Nasser Al-Hajiri was never charged nor put on trial. Throughout his imprisonment he was denied the necessary medication to treat his cancer. To make matters worse, he was also tortured while in custody at the Intelligence Service's center in Al-Dammam, Saudi Arabia, where he was being held with 11 other Kuwaiti citizens.

On 19 April 1997 at 6am, security forces raided the Fedsi family home and arrested Nasreddine Fesdsi. Fifteen minutes later, at a nearby coffee shop, they arrested his brother Massaoud Fedsi. Both men were taken to a nearby forest and murdered.

On 1 July 2010, Alkarama contacted the Human Rights Committee regarding the murder of the Fedsi brothers by the Algerian authorities. The Fedsi family contacted the authorities on various occasions, however without results since the promulgation on February 2006 of the "Charter for Peace and Reconciliation".

On 28 April 2010, Nasr Al-Sayed Hassan Nasr, 52, presented himself to the State Security Investigative (SSI) services in his home town of Banha and was immediately arrested. He was held incommunicado for nearly two months and tortured on several occasions before his release on 20 June 2010.

Alkarama sent his case as an urgent appeal on 25 May 2010 to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, requesting its intervention with the Egyptian authorities in order that he be released.

Alkarama calls for the release of Mohamed Farouk Al-Mahdi, a UK citizen held without charge or trial by the Doha's Public Prosecution since 15 October 2009. Mohamed Al-Mahdi is a former employee at a bank in Doha.

Alkarama is currently preparing his case for submission to the United National Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

On Sunday 4 July 2010, Haitham Al-Maleh, a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer, was sentenced by Damascus' Military Court to three years imprisonment on charges of "weakening national sentiment".

Ameen Hamoud Al-Hossaini was arrested at his office on 18 April 2010. Police officers later held him incommunicado for several days at Sana'a's Political Security prison before being transferred to Sana'a's Central prison.

Alkarama sent Ameen Al-Hossaini's case to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), requesting their intervention with the Yemeni authorities in order that he be immediately released and subsequently compensated.