Lebanon: Arbitrarily detained Mahmoud Al Adawi at high risk of torture

Mahmoud Al Adawi was arbitrarily arrested on the orders of a judge at the Beirut military court on Monday, 23 April 2012. He is currently held at Al Qubba prison in Northern Lebanon, where he was brought the day following his arrest. Alkarama fears that he is at high risk of torture.

On Friday, 20 April 2012, 32-yaer-old Mr Al Adawi received summons ordering him to appear at the military court in Beirut on Monday, 23 April 2012, as a witness on a case. It was not specified what kind of case he was to be questioned about.

24 Apr 2012
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Mourad Dhina : 100 days of detention - enough!

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Dr Mourad Dhina was arrested on 16 January 2012 following a politically motivated extradition request by Algiers. Today, he has been held in the La Santé prison in Paris for 100 days.
24 Apr 2012
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Update - Saudi Arabia: Human rights defender Mohamed Al Bjady's arbitrary detention approaches one-year anniversary

Update: Sentence against Mohamed Al Bjady for human rights activities

After 33 days of hunger strike, Saudi human rights defender Mohamed Salih Al Bjady was again brought before the Special Criminal Tribunal in Riyadh on 10 April 2012. This special court sentenced the 33-year-old businessman and co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) to 4 years of imprisonment, to be followed by a 5-year travel ban.

22 Apr 2012
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Saudi Arabia: Release of Ahmed Helal; Colleagues Qadoma and Ali remain in Prison

Alkarama is pleased to learn of the release of Egyptian citizen Mr Ahmed Helal on 31 March 2012 from Alzahban prison in Saudi Arabia. However, we remain concerned that Mr Ali Abdelqader Qadoma and Mr Mohamed Said Ali, arrested alongside Mr Helal, are still arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Ahmed Helal is a 62-year old Egyptian citizen, and father of five children. He worked as an executive manager of a printing company in Saudi Arabia. His colleagues, 42-year old Mr Qadoma and Mr Ali, aged 41, are also Egyptians.

22 Apr 2012
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Syria: Release of Mr Khalous, on-going secret detention of Mr Anjileh

Today, Alkarama informed the United Nations Special Procedures about the recent development in the cases of two Syrian nationals, Mr Fady Khalous and Mr Mohammad Tawfiq Anjileh, who disappeared on 19 February 2012.

Alkarama has been working on their case since their arrest, on 19 February 2012, submitting it to the attention of the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.

20 Apr 2012
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Saudi Arabia: Fears for Well-Being of Recently-Arrested Egyptian Lawyer

After learning that the Saudi authorities had arrested Egyptian lawyer and a human rights defender Ahmed El-Sayed, more commonly known as Mr Ahmed Mohamed Sarwat Abdel Wahab El-Sayed (أحمد محمد ثروت عبدالوهاب السيد), upon his arrival at Jeddah airport yesterday 17 April 2012, Alkarama submitted an urgent appeal to the UN Special Rapporteu
18 Apr 2012
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Geneva: 26 NGOs sign contribution to Inter-Governmental Treaty Bodies Strengthening Process

Following up on the NGO recommendations issued in March 2012 in view of the General Assembly-initiated treaty body strengthening process, 26 human rights organizations, including Alkarama, have co-signed an NGO contribution on issues which should be taken into consideration during this process.
16 Apr 2012
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Morocco: Mourad Aibous tortured and accused of manufacturing explosives

On 13 April 2012, Alkarama submitted the case of Moroccan citizen Mr. Mourad Aibous to the Special Procedures of the United nations. Mr. Aibous, accused of making explosives, was tortured and sentenced following an unfair trial. The case of the 21-year-old Islamic Studies student demonstrates the blindness of the policy of repression of Islamic groups. The policy reappeared in Morocco following the bombings in Casablanca in 2003. Mr.
13 Apr 2012
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Saudi Arabia: 5 years imprisonment for human rights defender Dr Yousef Al Ahmad

Dr Yousef Al Ahmad, Dean of the law faculty of Imam Mohamed Bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment, followed by a 5-year-long travel ban as well as a fine of 103'000 Saudi Riyal (equivalent to 27468 USD) by the Saudi Special Criminal Tribunal in Riyadh on 11 April 2012.
12 Apr 2012
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Saudi Arabia : ACPRA holds the Saudi authorities responsible for the deteriorating health of the rights activist Mr Salih Al-Bjady

The Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) issued a press release stating it holds the Saudi authorities responsible for the deteriorating health of the rights activist Mr Mohammad Salih Al-Bjady who is on a hunger strike since 11 March 2012, and has refused to drink water since Saturday 7 April 2012, in protest
10 Apr 2012
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