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Mrs. Doha Aboutabit, arrested 3 December 2009, is detained at Salé prison. During the revolt of 16 May 2011 at the prison, the security forces used firearms which wounded many prisoners. Though spared from these events, the women's section was nonetheless taken over by the agents. Mrs. Aboutabit was physically abused to the point of fearing that she had broken bones. The prison administration refused to have her examined.

On 19 May 2011 Alkarama urgently asked the Special Rapporteur on Torture to enjoin the Moroccan authorities to stop the persecutions to which Mrs.

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The excessive use of force by the Yemeni authorities has led to the deaths of hundreds of persons since protests began 26 January 2011. There has been a wave of peaceful popular protests in Yemen calling for the removal of President Saleh from power.

List of 85 killed demonstrators between 10 - 14 May 2011  » File

List of 53 killed demonstrators  » File

On 2 May 2011, 27 protestors were arrested in Daraa and brought before the General Prosecutor. They are accused of "inciting to demonstrate and repeat slogans which undermine the reputation of the State".

Al Jazeera journalist, Dorothy Parvaz has been released today following 19 days of detention in both Syria and Iran. Alkarama had submitted her case to the UN Special Procedures after she disappeared upon arriving at Damascus airport on 29 April 2011.

Ms Parvaz had flown to Damascus from Doha on 29 April 2011 in order to report on protests in the country. She was immediately arrested on arrival at Damascus airport after trying to enter the country.

Salim Al Kawari was arrested on 7 February 2011 by State Security personnel who first took him to his house with the intention of searching it, then took him to an unknown location.  His family did not know that he had been detained at a State Security site until six weeks later.

In this regard Alkarama sent a letter on 9 May 2011 to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, requesting that they intervene with the Qatari authorities to persuade them immediately to release Mr. Kawari or to bring him to trial while providing all the required guarantees stipulated by law.

Mr. Rachid Niny is editor in chief of one of Morocco's biggest Arabic language dailies, Al Massae. He has more than once been prosecuted for writing critical articles. On 28 April 2011 he was summoned to the office of the National Judicial Police Brigade in Casablanca and placed in custody.

Moaz Al-Khatib interviewed on Al Jazeera
TV, calling on the Syrian government to `
abolition of the Emergency Law and
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