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The lawyer Mr. Sulaiman Al-Rashoudi that had been detained arbitrarily for more than four years has been released on bail 23 June 2011. He was arrested in Jeddah 2 February 2007 by intelligence services (Mabahith). His trial is ongoing and the next hearing will take place 26 June 2011.

Mr. Al-Rashoudi was born in 1935 and lived in Riyadh. He is known as a human rights lawyer and activist who is engaged in the defense of prisoners of opinion in Saudi Arabia.

Alkarama is concerned at the ongoing widespread violation of human rights in Syria. On 14 June 2011, we submitted a new communication regarding a further 80 people who have been extra-judicially executed by the security forces, some dying under torture to the Special Rapporteur on Extra-judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions.
All Syrian refugees detained by the Lebanese authorities for being in the country illegally have been released this week. Following their release, Prime Minister Mikati declared on Arab television channel Al-Arabiya that his government will "look at the issue of Syrian refugees ...
Based on a single court session that did not last longer than 10 minutes and after more than one year of arbitrary detention and ill treatment the Yemeni prisoner Hasna Ali Yahya Hussein was sentenced by an Iraqi court to lifelong imprisonment.

On 25 May 2011 Alkarama sent a complaint to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting it to intervene with the Iraqi authorities and asking the latter to take the necessary measures for the release of Mrs. Hasna Ali Yahya Hussein, as well as to provide her with appropriate compensation.

On June 26, "The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture is an occasion to underscore the internationally recognized right of all men and women to live free from torture.  It is an opportunity to reaffirm our collective commitment to prohibit torture and all cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment" – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

«The term "torture" means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confess

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In follow up to Alkarama's initial press release of 23 May 2011, Alkarama can now confirm that former Bahraini members
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Mr Ramizi Siraj (رمزي سراج), aged 30 years, usually lives with his family a Al Khodr Department, Saudi Arabia and works as an employee at Al Harass Al Wateni Hospital in Al Dammam.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention recently adopted 12 opinions confirming the arbitrary nature of the detentions of victims whose cases we brought to their attention. The opinions concern the following people:

Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Mustafa; Hassan Ibrahim Saleh and Maarouf Ahmad Malla Ahamad, Syria

Mr. Abdul Hakim Gellani, Saudi Arabia

Mr. Tarek Abdelmoujoud Al Zumer, Egypt

Mr. Osama Mohsen Hussein Al Saadi at Mohamed Mohsen Hussein Al Saadi, Yemen

Mr. Imed Al Chibani, Libya

Mr. Mahmoud Abdelsamad Kassem, Egypt

Maikel Nabil Sanad was arrested 28 March 2011 at his home for having criticized the army on his blog. He was the object of an expedited trial and was convicted 11 April 2011. Mr. Sanad was sentenced to three years imprisonment and a fine.
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Alkarama has learned that the Egyptian authorities released Mr. Nabil El-Maghribi on June 2011.

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