Syria: Abdurrahman Koki’s case sent to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Alkarama today submitted to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention the case of Abdurrahman Koki, a 40 year old Syrian religious figure arrested on 22 October 2009 by the Political Security branch of the Syrian intelligence services for having expressed his religious and political views on a widely watched program on the satellite television channel Aljazeera.

13 Jan 2010
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Algeria: Elected member of the FIS - arrested, crucified and disappeared - Alkarama sends Lakhdar Bouzania's case to the Human Rights Committee

Alkarama was mandated to submit a complaint to the Human Rights Committee regarding the disappearance of Mr Lakhdar Bouzenia. Arrested 24 May 1993, Mr Bouzenia was detained incommunicado and severely tortured, including being "crucified", before disappearing during his transfer to Constantine prison a few months after his arrest.

Lakhdar Bouzenia, aged 38 at the time, was a professor of Arabic literature at the Lycée Sidi Abdelaziz in the governorate of Jijel.

11 Jan 2010
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Yemen: Abdul Rahman Al-Hossami released after three years imprisonment - arbitrary detention and an unfair trial

Despite having served six months over and beyond his prison sentence, Abdul Rahman Al-Hossami was not released by Yemeni security services. However, reliable sources recently informed Alkarama that he was in fact finally released on 7 December 2009.
07 Jan 2010
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Algeria: More than 100 cases of enforced disappearance from Jijel governorate submitted to the UN

Disgruntled by the Algerian authorities' lack of response to demands for truth and justice in the wake of the disappearances of their loved ones, the families of the missing persons from Jijel governorate (300km east of Algiers) continue to call upon the United Nations for their help.
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Today, the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) was once agai

31 Dec 2009
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Yemen: Imminent risk of extradition to Pakistan for Abdelghani Suleiman

Abdelghani Suleiman is threatened with forced extradition to Pakistan where he risks being subjected to torture. He has been detained by the Political Security services (Al-Amn Al-Siyassi) in Sana'a since 28 May 2008 without legal procedure.

Alkarama submitted his case to the Special Rapporteur on Torture on 24 December 2009 asking him to intervene with the Yemeni authorities.

25 Dec 2009
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Lebanon: Government Misses UN Deadline on Torture Prevention - Consider Proposal Commissioned by Justice Ministry

(Beirut, 23 December 2009) - Lebanon has missed a 22 December 2009, deadline for setting up a national institution to prevent torture, a group of Lebanese and international human rights organizations said today.
23 Dec 2009
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Syria: Alkarama refers case of Haithem Al Maleh to the Secretary General of the United Nations

Alkarama today referred to the United Nations Secretary General the case of Mr Haithem Al Maleh, the 78 year-old Syrian lawyer and human rights defender who has been charged with "conveying false news" by a Syrian Military Court despite the fact that he holds no military status.
23 Dec 2009
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Yemen: Further examples of atmosphere of impunity among Yemeni Security forces - Extrajudicial executions go unpunished

Two separate extrajudicial killings, carried out by agents of the Yemeni security services, took place in July 2008 and July 2009. Despite orders from the Ministry of the Interior for the perpetrators to be arrested and handed over to the Prosecution, no action has been taken in the case of Saleh Al-Wasabi and the culprits remain at large .
23 Dec 2009
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Qatar: Abdullah Khowar and Salem Al-Kuwari arbitrarily detained since six months

Abdullah Khowar and Salem Al-Kuwari were both arrested on 27 June 2009 by State Security officers.
22 Dec 2009
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Syria: Alkarama requests special procedures' intervention for Nizar Rastanawi, Syrian human rights defender

Alkarama is surprised at the response which the Syrian authorities gave to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) when asked in 2006 whether Mr Nizar Rastanawi, a Syrian human rights defender, was still arbitrarily detained. The Syrian government responded that Mr Rastanawi had been released. Thus on 16 November 2006, the WGAD adopted Opinion 35/2006 in which they filed the case.
18 Dec 2009
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