On the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Alkarama renews its call to the international community to end the ongoing violations and persistent impunity suffered by media professionals. Alkarama warns of alarming global trends and of Gaza’s transformation into one of the deadliest places for journalists in modern history. 

The United Nations has condemned the heinous crimes committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), backed by the United Arab Emirates, following their takeover of large parts of the city of Bara, in North Kordofan, as well as several areas of the besieged city of El Fasher, in North Darfur.

On 26 August 2025, Alkarama submitted an individual complaint to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) in Geneva on behalf of Ms. Nawal Kara Bouslama, a Franco-Algerian businesswoman. This approach aims to denounce serious and repeated violations of her fundamental rights in Algeria, directly linked to state-level corruption practices. 

Victim of reprisals for refusing corruption 

The latest annual report issued by the United Nations Secretary-General on terrorism and human rights has addressed many of the concerns raised by Alkarama in its submission to UN human rights mechanisms. 

The annual report of the United Nations Secretary-General on intimidation and reprisals against individuals cooperating with the UN, recently released, has confirmed Alkarama’s observations regarding the growing trend of transnational repression and reprisals targeting organizations and individuals in exile or residing in third countries due to their collaboration with the United Nations.

On 16 October 2025, Alkarama referred the case of Ms. Saida EL ALAMI to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), a Moroccan blogger and human rights activist actively engaged in defending fundamental freedoms. Very active on social media, she regularly denounces human rights violations and comments on political and social developments in Morocco. 

In a follow-up report addressed to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), Alkarama denounced the persistent inaction of Libya and Saudi Arabia regarding the implementation of opinions issued between 2023 and 2025 concerning several cases of arbitrary detention. 

According to human rights sources, Saudi authorities are reportedly planning to retry lawyer Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi, even though he completed his sentence in 2023. 

Alkarama had already referred the case of lawyer and human rights defender Mohammed Al-Bajadi to the United Nations Special Procedures on human rights. According to the account Prisoners of Conscience, the court now plans to retry him. 

On October 2, the world celebrates the International Day of Non-Violence, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 61/271 of June 15, 2007, with the aim of promoting a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence. 

The signatory organizations express their strong indignation and firmly reject the operation carried out on the evening of Tuesday, October 1, by Israeli occupation forces, who forcibly intercepted and detained civilian ships of the Resilience Flotilla while they were sailing in international waters. These vessels were heading towards the Gaza Strip as part of a humanitarian mission aimed at breaking the blockade, carrying nearly 500 activists from more than fifty countries.