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On 10 August 2015, Mazen Darwish, Director of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), was freed from State Security Branch No.

On 4 August 2015, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, sent a communication to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Omar Al Samarrai, a 39-year-old Iraqi citizen who disappeared following his arrest by the "Al Hussam" Brigade in December 2007. Since his arrest, Al Samarrai's family has been constantly blackmailed by members of the security services who have been asking for money in exchange for his release.

On 3 August 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent action to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Eyad Qunaibi, a 40-year-old pharmacology professor who is known for being a prominent political critic, particularly active on social media.

On the occasion of its 114th session, that took place in June and July 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRCtee) adopted the report of the Special Rapporteur for follow-up on

On 29 July 2015, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, sent an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Juma Al Dulaimi, a 51-year-old Iraqi citizen who disappeared following his arrest by the Security Forces in June 2014 in the city of Al-Mahawil, located 100 km south of Baghdad in the Babil Governorate.

On 5 August 2015, Alkarama called upon the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to intervene with the Egyptian authorities regarding the sentencing by Ismailia Military Court of Seif Al Islam Osama Shousha, a 16-year-old boy, to three years in prison and a 50,000 Egyptian pounds fine on 4 August.

On 30 July 2015, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, sent an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the cases of Mohammad Al Dulaim, Amer Al Dulaimi and Raed Al Dulaimi, who disappeared following their arrest by the security services in the village of Dulaim in July 2014.

On 6 July 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of Mr Abdelnaser Elgoroshi, a Libyan citizen abducted on 20 October 2014 in front of the Arab Medical University in the Belaon neighbourhood of Benghazi. Elgoroshi was working as a deputy prosecutor in South Benghazi Court and living in Arwisat neighbourhood in the same city.

On 29 July 2015, Alkarama, in cooperation with Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly, sent an urgent action to the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding the case of Mohammad Al Kamash, a married 29-year-old Iraqi citizen who disappeared following his arrest by military officers from the Baghdad Operation Command in June 2014.

On 3 August 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Amer Bajawi, a Palestinian teenager arrested on 23 May 2015 and sentenced to four months of imprisonment by a military court for "throwing stones." The case of Amer fits into a broader pattern of judicial harassment of Palestinian

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