Abu Dhabi - Ninety-four peaceful activists are due to be brought before the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning, Monday 4 March 2013, on state security offences. Limited access to lawyers, withholding of evidence and details on the charges by the State Prosecution, no right to appeal the court's decision, detentions in undisclosed locations... Before the trial even began, flagrant flaws in the 'UAE94' case have been reported, recalling the irregularities which marred the case of the 'UAE5' in 2011.

(Cairo, March 2, 2013) – The newly appointed investigative judge looking into the January violence in Port Said should fully examine police responsibility for unlawful killings during the episode, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), the Alkarama Foundation, and Human Rights Watch said today.

During its 111th session in July 2014, the Human Rights Committee issued an opinion on the case of Abdelhamid Al Daquel, considering that his enforced disappearance in June 1996 was due to a series of violations by Libya of its international obligations.

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued Opinion No. 43/2012 requesting the release of the 48 individuals of non-Iraqi origin, detained in Al Soussa Prison, as it finds their detention to be "arbitrary" based on information submitted by Alkarama. The detainees were subjected to severe torture and subsequently condemned to heavy sentences of imprisonment without a fair trial.