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Update - 11 September 2013 

Hisham Al Heysah and Bassem Al Rawabedah today appeared for a second time before the Jordanian State Security Court (SSC), but the trial was postponed to 24 September as the prosecution's witnesses failed to  attend today's session.

The second review of Jordan and Yemen under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) will take place in October 2013.
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Libya is found responsible for the enforced disappearance, torture and death of Ismail Al Khazmi. The NGOs TRIAL (Track Impunity Always) and Alkarama welcome the UN Human Rights Committee decision and urge Libyan authorities to shed light on this and thousands of other cases of gross human rights violations.

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Update - The hearing of Mazen Darwish and four of his colleagues before the Syrian Anti-Terrorism Court was postponed to 2 October 2013. 
Tomorrow, 21 August 2013, marks the resumption of the tria
As thousands of Egyptians again take to the streets throughout the country today in protest at the brutality of the repression by the military and police forces over the past 6 weeks, dozens of deaths are already reported.
Initial reports by Alkarama field researchers confirm at least 107 protesters killed by gunfire

Early reports confirm that hundreds of anti-coup protesters have been killed this morning as military and police assaulted Rabaa and Nahda squares in Cairo with excessive force. Sky News rightly described the crackdown as a "major military assault largely on unarmed civilians". Alkarama urges the interim Egyptian government to put an end to these extra-judicial killings of largely unarmed protesters.

Alkarama submits 261 documented protester deaths to UN; recalls criminal liability of decision-makers, including heads of security services and civilian authorities, is engaged in cases of continued excessive use of force.

Alkarama informed the United Nations special procedures of the documented deaths of 152 protesters between 26 and 27 July 2013 this week. Added to the previous 109 extrajudicial executions documented by Alkarama, at least 260 have died at the hands of security forces since the military deposed Mohamed Morsi as president on 3 July.

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Egypt must respond to UN request for fact-finding mission

In the early hours of 27 July 2013, at least 100 protestors were killed by the Egyptian security services in the most serious violence since the coup that toppled Mohamed Morsi three weeks ago.

More than a year following its review by the UN Human Rights Committee – responsible for mentoring implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – Yemen has failed to implement priority recommendations highlighted as urgent, Alkarama noted in a report provided to the Human Rights Committee during its 1
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