UAE: Immediately Release or Try Egyptian Detainees

Alkarama received an urgent call for help from the families of 15 Egyptians detained in the UAE who were arrested between early November 2012 and January 2013.
31 May 2013
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Saudi Arabia: Communications Cut between Yemeni Prisoners and their Families

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Alkarama has received information from the families of Yemeni prisoners in Saudi Arabian prisons communications with their loved ones detained in Saudi Arabia has been cut for about a month for reasons that remain unclear.
According to these families, who fear that this severing of communications is a form of re
29 May 2013
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Algeria : Blatant persecution of Human Rights Defender Yahia Bounouar

Yahia Bounouar, free-lance journalist and President of the Algerian Observatory for Human Rights (OADH) has been harassed and persecuted by the Algerian security services for several months. On 23 May 2013, he was arrested at Constantine airport where the border police told him that "there was on a warning list at the level of all police stations nationwide".
28 May 2013
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Iraq: Imminent risk of torture of Shawki Omar during frequent transfers

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24 May 2013
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Yemen/ USA: End use of 'targeted killings' in Yemen, investigate civilian deaths

As US President Barack Obama prepares to give a long awaited speech tomorrow regarding his administration's counter-terrorism policies, Alkarama and the Yemeni based NGO "HOOD" today submitted to two UN experts detailed information from investigations the organizations carried out into the US strike, an attempted 'targeted assassination', in Radaa on 2 September 2012 resulting in the death of twelve civilians.

22 May 2013
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Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges ــــــ Free Award-Winning Journalist, Colleagues

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The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release and drop all charges against a freedom of express

17 May 2013
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Syria: UN General Assembly calling for the release of Mazen Darwish and colleagues

SYR_Mazen_Darwish Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly adopted its latest resolution on the situation in Syria despite strong opposition from Russia and an increase in abstentions.
16 May 2013
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Lebanon: Two weeks of hunger strike for Mr. Tarek Rabaa

LEB_Tarek_RabaaHuman rights organizations demand his immediate release

Mr. Tarek Rabaa has been on hunger strike for 2 weeks. The undersigned organizations demand his immediate release pending trial, which would effectively end the excessive period of pre-trial detention for which he has been held.

15 May 2013
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Egypt: Torture continuing despite post-revolution promises

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Alkarama condemns the continuing practice of torture by Egyptian security forces despite the promises the government made following the 2011 revolution to respect the rights of its citizens, put an end to the practice of torture, and combat impunity by bringing those responsible to trial.
After nearly a year in gove
15 May 2013
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Saudi Arabia : After detention of 4 members of his organization, what will happen to human rights defender Fawzan Al-Harbi?

Fawzan Mohsen Oud Al-Harbi, acting president of the Saudi Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA) told Alkarama that he was summoned to appear tomorrow 11 May 2013 before the Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution in Riyadh. This follows several years of reprisal campaigns launched by the Saudi authorities against human rights defenders, including ACPRA members and the group known as the 'Reformists'.
10 May 2013
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