‏On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ending the practice of torture and other ill-treatment- we, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the ongoing impunity for the crime of torture in Lebanon and the lack of effective implementation of the Anti-Torture Law enacted in 2017.

‏On this day, the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (26 June), the undersigned human rights organizations reaffirm that the crime of torture continues to be practiced systematically in several Arab countries, in blatant violation of human dignity and international law—especially the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which most Arab governments have ratified.

Alkarama has learned from Saudi human rights sources that the authorities have finally released Abdulaziz Al-Shubaily, a human rights activist and member of the Saudi Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA), after nearly eight years of detention. 

Ten years ago, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed, through its resolution A/RES/69/293 dated 19 June 2015, the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, observed each year on 19 June.

On 18 June 2025, Alkarama submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), as well as to other UN mechanisms, concerning five Syrian citizens abducted by the internal security forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar and his affiliates in Benghazi, eastern Libya, on 11 December 2024. 

United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. A/RES/75/309, dated 21 July 2021, on the “Promotion of interreligious and intercultural dialogue and tolerance in countering hate speech,” proclaimed 18 June as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech.

Alkarama firmly condemns the execution of Saudi journalist and activist Turki Al-Jasser by the Saudi authorities, approximately seven years after his arrest and enforced disappearance on charges related to the exercise of his right to freedom of expression and opinion.

‏The undersigned human rights organizations express their strong condemnation and profound concern over the escalating campaign of repression against freedom of expression and solidarity with the people of Gaza in Egypt.  

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, said he was shocked by the grave human rights violations recently uncovered in both official and unofficial detention centers operated by the Stability Support Apparatus in Tripoli.

On 3 June 2025, within the framework of the procedure initiated before the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Alkarama submitted a new follow-up report aimed at denouncing the Comorian President, Mr Azali Assoumani's, persistent refusal to release the former president and political rival, Mr Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, by implementing Opinion No.