Algeria: Algiers Schoolboy Missing for 17 Years

At around 2.20am on the 28th of February 1996, Mohamed Lamine Nateche, a 16-year-old boy, was abducted by agents from the police station near his grandparents' home in Hussein Dey, in the suburbs of Algiers. He often spent the night there as the house was close to his school. Thereafter, he was taken to Bourouba police station.

« Bring us back his uncle and we'll give you back your son »

05 Jul 2013
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Libya: Five human rights activists illegally abducted by two Katibas in Tripoli

Yesterday, at dawn, five human rights activists, including one minor, were arrested in Tripoli by members of Katibas without any legal basis.

Abdel Al Manay, Abdel Al Djadaimy, Al Hadje Abou Saadah, Abdel Douwah and Fouad Issa, aged 17, were arrested by an armed group claiming to belong to the Al-Sawa'iq (الصواعق كتيبة) and Al-Qa'qa' (كتيبة القعقاع) Katibas (revolutionary groups) who stated they were working under the authority of the Ministry of Defence.

04 Jul 2013
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UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences

UAE: Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences

69 Government Critics, Including 2 Human Rights Lawyers, Face Prison Terms

(Beirut) – The convictions of 69 defendants in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) mass trial of 94 government critics on July 2, 2013, were based on a fundamentally unfair trial, a coalition of human rights groups said today. The convictions probably violated the right of free association of many of those accused.

03 Jul 2013
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National Coordination of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria received at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva

On 1 July 2013, representatives from the National Coordination of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CNFD) and from Alkarama met with the Working Group on Enforced Disappearances and members of the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion of Truth's office at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) headquarters in Geneva.
 
 
This meeting was an opportunity for the CNFD to raise awareness among UN experts of the violence used to repress the demonstration organised in Constantine on the 27th of July 2013,
02 Jul 2013
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"Drones War in Yemen": Report presented to UN experts

Mohammed Al-Ahmady, Alkarama's representative in YemenAlkarama and Hood presented a report containing information on ten U.S.
01 Jul 2013
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UAE: Reports of Systematic Torture in Jails

Smuggled Notes Detail Serious Abuse in Detention

United Arab Emirates state security officers have subjected detainees to systematic mistreatment, including torture, say hand-written letters from detainees smuggled out of jails, Alkarama, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The groups obtained 22 statements written by some of the 94people on trial for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government.

27 Jun 2013
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Morocco: Human Rights Activist Abused in Custody at Fes Police Station

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29-year old human rights activist, Abdelkader Haloui was arrested on 28 May 2013 at around 2am by police officers following an altercation with a guard at Zlat Hotel, in Fes.
26 Jun 2013
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Algeria: One Disappearance, Generations of Torture

Today, on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Coordination nationale des familles de disparus (CNFD - National Coordination of the Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CNFD) has organized a conference in Algiers to raise public awareness about the necessity for the families of the disappeared to be recogni
26 Jun 2013
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International Day in Support of Victims of Torture – Governments must Combat Impunity and Ensure Right to Reparation for Torture Victims

Today, on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Alkarama calls on the governments throughout the Arab world to ensure accountability for perpetrators of torture and redress for victims and their families.
26 Jun 2013
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Egypt: 7 Deaths due to Torture In Less Than 40 days

On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Alkarama wishes to raise awareness about the increase of deaths resulting from torture in places of detention in Egypt, and the absence of any subsequent impartial and effective investigations.
In less than 40 days, seven individuals reportedly died in prisons and
25 Jun 2013
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