June 4 marks the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, a commemoration that takes on particularly tragic significance this year, as the children of Gaza endure a daily nightmare. Israeli deadly attacks pursue them even into displacement zones, the streets, tents, and even their hospital beds. 

Alkarama received a report from the lawyer of Mr. Mohamed Ziane — former Minister of Human Rights, former President of the Rabat Bar Association, and founder and leader of the Moroccan Liberal Party — who has been detained for nearly 30 months in Arjate prison. The report confirms that Mr. Ziane has filed a cassation appeal against Decision No. 8 issued by the Financial Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Rabat Court of Appeal on May 7, 2025, which sentenced him to three years of effective imprisonment.

Alkarama has informed the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) of the reappearance of a number of victims of enforced disappearance in Libya, whose cases had previously been submitted by Alkarama. The victims were recently freed by government authorities from several secret prisons formerly controlled by armed militias. 

The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Claudia Mahler, expressed her regret at the Saudi authorities’ refusal to allow her to visit Safar bin Abdulrahman al-Hawali and Salman bin Fahd Al Awdah in their place of

On 6 May 2025, Alkarama submitted the case of Wael Mansour Abdeljawad Al Malki to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID). 

In the context of the procedure known as the "List of Issues to Address" before the submission of the Kingdom of Morocco’s report to the Human Rights Committee, Alkarama submitted a contribution to UN experts on April 28, 2025, highlighting the persistent violations of the State Party's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (

On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Alkarama and the undersigned Yemeni, regional and international human rights organisations express their deep concern regarding the ongoing deterioration of press and media freedom in Yemen, in areas under the control of both the Houthi movement and the internationally recognised government. 

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, condemned the attacks carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), supported by the United Arab Emirates, and the widespread violations they are committing in the city of Al-Fasher and its surrounding areas in North Darfur, Sudan. 

During its 135th session, held in Geneva from 27 to 31 January 2025, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) reviewed several concerning cases of disappearances worldwide. Among these were the cases of Essam Al Obaidi, Jabbar Ali Jaro Aati Al Suhayli, Ali Hamid Abdul Wahab Al Jeyali, and Wissam Salam Kamal Al Hashimi—four Iraqi nationals who vanished following their arrests by US forces. 

Alkarama strongly condemns the unjust and politically motivated verdicts issued on 19 April 2025 by the Court of First Instance in the tunisian capital, Tunis, against over thirty leading opposition figures, following trials that fall far short of basic standards of justice and due process.