Alkarama and the Association of Victims of Torture in Tunisia (AVTT) have submitted a joint complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concerning Mr. Noureddine BHIRI, lawyer, former Member of Parliament and former Tunisian Minister of Justice, who has been detained on political grounds since his arrest on 13 February 2023. 

September 21, 2025, marks the International Day of Peace, established by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 55/282 (7 September 2001) dedicated to the cessation of hostilities worldwide, the rejection of violence and the promotion of a culture of peace based on education, awareness and international cooperation. 

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory stated in a report published on Tuesday, 16 September 2025, that the State of Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

Yemeni businessman Abdullah Ali Abdulhafidh ABDELWAHAB remains detained at Abu Dhabi’s federal prison, known as Al-Sadr, in conditions that contravene international human rights standards. His contact with his family is extremely limited: when he is allowed to make a phone call, it never lasts more than one minute, deepening the anguish and distress of his relatives. 

We, the international human rights organizations listed below, express our deep concern regarding the detention of Egyptian citizen Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Wanis in Nigeria and the increasing risk of his forced extradition to Egypt. We are preparing to submit a complaint to the United Nations Special Procedures to request their intervention to prevent the extradition of Ali Mahmoud Abdel-Wanis. We also urge the Nigerian authorities to immediately suspend any extradition measures, given that Mr.

Joint statement on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, 30 August.

On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Arab and international human rights organizations express their deep concern over the persistence and spread of this scourge in several Arab countries, making the region one of the world’s epicenters of this practice. 

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, express our deep indignation and profound outrage at the heinous crime perpetrated on August 25, 2025, by the Israeli occupation, whose airstrikes targeted the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, resulting in the death of dozens of civilians, including five journalists carrying out their professional and humanitarian duty of conveying the truth and documenting violations. 

According to media and human rights sources, the journalists killed are: 

Alkarama brought the cases of Lakhdar Guellil (Algeria) and Mohamed Hajib (Morocco) before the United Nations Committee Against Torture. The Committee officially recognised the two men as victims of torture. 

The International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief is observed today, 22 August, pursuant to Resolution 73/296 adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 28 May 2019. 

On 11 December 2008, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 19 August of each year as “World Humanitarian Day”, “to further raise public awareness of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide and the importance of international cooperation in this regard, to pay tribute to all humanitarian workers as well as UN personnel and associated individuals who work for the humanitarian cause, and to commemorate those who lost their lives while carrying out their missions.”&nbs