Morocco: Abdelfattah Dihaj sentenced on the basis of confessions extracted under torture

Today, Alkarama submitted the case of a Moroccan citizen, Abdelfattah Dihaj, to the Special Procedures of the United Nations. Mr. Abdelfattah Dihaj was tortured and sentenced following an unfair trial in relation to the attack of 28 April 2011 on Argana Café in Marrakech.

Abdelfattah Dihaj, 40-years-old, was arrested for the attack on the Argana Café. He was accused of not having speaking out against those involved in the attack on 28 April 2011.

09 Apr 2012
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Yemen: Video of Fifth Periodic Review by UN Human Rights Committee

The review of Yemen by the Human Rights Committee took place in New York from 14 to 15 March 2012. Alkarama submitted a report in view of the review, available on our website.

The review was filmed by Alkarama in both English and Arabic, and is now available here in English:

Day one of the review:

Day two of the review:

06 Apr 2012
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France again prolongs Dr Dhina's detention, playing into the hands of the Algerian regime

On 10 May, Algeria will hold legislative elections.
04 Apr 2012
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Yemen – Release of Human Rights Committee recommendations

The Human Rights Committee has adopted its concluding observations for Yemen, available here following its review of Yemen on 14 and 15 March 2012 in New York, with the participation of Alkarama.

"With this document," said Alkarama's legal director Rachid Mesli, "the Committee has provided a roadmap for Yemen to address crucial issues which must be tackled immediately to ensure basic rights and freedoms to the Yemeni population.

03 Apr 2012
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Decision on the extradition of Dr Mourad Dhina pushed back to 4 April 2012

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With the court room completely full, most of the people come to show their support for Dr Mourad Dhina were unable to even enter the court room.
28 Mar 2012
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Bahrain: MP continues to suffer persecution: case against Mr Mattar dropped, on-going trial against Mr Fairuz

Jawad Fairuz and Matar matar
After having been ambushed and abducted, having suffered three months of detention and mistreatment, and having been tried before the National Safety Court, established in March 2011 to judge those who supported and participated in the demonstrations, Mattar Mattar's last charge was finally dropped on
27 Mar 2012
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Syria: UN Commission of Inquiry presents its 2nd report to the Human Rights Council

The chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria presented its second report to the UN Human Rights Council on 12 March 2012.
13 Mar 2012
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Geneva: Four NGO Recommendations for GA Treaty-Body Strengthening Process

Today, 24 international and national human rights organizations addressed recommendations to the UN General Assembly member states, in response to a surprising turn of events in the UN Treaty Body strengthening process.
09 Mar 2012
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Egypt: Detainees at New Valley Prison begin an open-ended hunger strike

Alkarama is concerned by the increasing number of cases of arbitrary detention and torture it has received and the ongoing application of the Emergency Law on citizens from Egypt, despite the 2011 revolution which saw the overthrow of the former Mubarak regime.

In particular, Alkarama has learned of serious human rights violations committed against more than 200 detainees at the New Valley Prison. In protest of the ill-treatment they are suffering, detainees have begun an open-ended hunger strike.

08 Mar 2012
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Syria: Ongoing Use of Enforced Disappearance

Alkarama strongly condemns the ongoing repression of large parts of the Syrian population, especiallyin the context of indiscriminate attacks on residential areas. We are further deeply concerned by accounts of the rampant use of torture as well as the wide-spread occurrence of enforced disappearance carried out by the Syrian security services. Targets of these acts are political opponents and human rights defenders together with their relatives as well as civilians with no obvious links to any of the opposition groups.
05 Mar 2012
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