Syria : Mustafa Osso new target of persecution against lawyers

Alkarama is concerned to learn that Syrian human rights lawyer Mustafa Osso currently risks disciplinary action by the Syrian Bar Association's Al Hasaka Branch. The disciplinary action would be for critical statements he made in the media about the violent response of the authorities to protests happening in the country.
10 Aug 2011
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Syria: Leading member of the Syrian Democratic People's Party George Sabra disappeared for third time in 3 years

On 21 June 2011 Mr Georges Sabra was arrested for the third time in three years by armed agents from the security services. Leader of the main opposition party in Syria, he has suffered persecution in recent years, including arrest and enforced disappearance, the first time on 24 March 2010 and a second time on 10 April 2011. At present, a month after his second release on 10 May 2011, he was again disappeared by the Syrian authorities.
His family has not been able to obtain any information on his whereabouts as of 21 June.
09 Aug 2011
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Saudi Arabia : A detainee paralyzed following severe acts of torture

Detained for over a year at Dammam prison, Murad Al Mukhlif, a 36-years-old school director and father to two children, has suffered severe acts of torture. His family, who was not allowed to visit him in prison for a year, recently learned that the severe beatings he had received on his back led to the paralysis of both his legs.
05 Aug 2011
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Saudi Arabia: Court’s decision to release defender ignored

04 Aug 2011
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Lebanon: Cease Harassment of Human Rights Activist for Documenting Torture

International and Local Groups Condemn Rise in Intimidation of Human Rights Defenders

The Lebanese authorities should immediately cease harassment of Saadeddine Shatila, of the international human rights group Alkarama, for his work documenting torture by security forces, a group of eleven international and local groups said at a news conference today. The groups also criticized an emerging pattern of intimidation against human rights defenders who raise concerns about security agencies.

04 Aug 2011
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Libya : Mr Salem Mohamed, enforced disappeared for over a month

28 June 2011, 3:30 a.m. Salem Mohamed's home in the Abu Slim district of Tripoli is quiet when suddenly twenty security agents violently break down the front door. They are all heavily armed, some are wearing hoods others are in civilian clothing. The 31-year-old academic, father to two children, is immediately handcuffed and taken by force in a military car to an unknown destination.
01 Aug 2011
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Syria: School teacher disappeared by Air Intelligence agents

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01 Aug 2011
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Yemen: Journalists suffer persecution for reporting on protests

Alkarama today submitted the cases of 7 journalists, including 2 women, who have suffered persecution because of their activities reporting on, and participating in, protests in Yemen to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression. These journalists have been subjected to various type of harassment including being enforcedly disappeared, detained arbitrarily, arrested, and received death threats.

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29 Jul 2011
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Syria: Risk of torture of Mr Awad Al Abbas, arrested to serve as a hostage in the context of peaceful demonstrations

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Mr Awad Jassem Al Abbas ((عواد جاسم العباس, is aged 36 years and married with four children. He usually lives with his family in Al Dmaier, Reef Damascus, Syria.
29 Jul 2011
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Syria: Enforced disappearance of Mr Annas Darwish Ammar

Mr Ammar was arrested on 28 May 2011 from his home in Banias at 3pm by Military Security agent Issam Sayouh, who has previously worked alongside Mr Ammar's father in a refinery in Banias as a security agent for two years until the demonstration began.

Mr Ammar had already been arrested by Military Security when the army first entered the city at the beginning of the protests on 7 May 2011, but was released two days later.

28 Jul 2011
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