Lebanon: Human rights groups call on PM Mekati to address torture concerns

Ten Lebanese and international human rights NGOs sent an open letter to the Lebanese Prime Minister, Mr. Najib Mikati regarding the on-going issue of torture in Lebanon. The letter request that Lebanon implement its obligations under the Convention against Torture (CAT) and the Optional Protocol (OPCAT) of the CAT. The letter is a lead-up to PM Mikati's statement during the Human Rights Council session regarding Lebanon, which he will make on Friday 18 March 2011 in Geneva.

A copy of the letter was also sent to the human rights parliamentary committee.
14 Mar 2011
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Libya: Aljazeera photographer Ali Hassan Al-Jaber killed in ambush

News agencies have confirmed that forces loyal to Col. Gaddafi killed Ali Hassan Al-Jaber, an Aljazeera cameraman. His life was taken in an ambush yesterday in the Hawwari area southwest of Benghazi. Alkarama will bring his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in due course.

Alkarama has already provided the ICC with evidence documenting crimes against humanity committed by the Gaddafi regime during the past weeks.

13 Mar 2011
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Libya: Two journalists risk torture and death under Gaddafi forces

Ghaith Abdul Ahad, a correspondent of the British newspaper the Guardian and Andrei Netto of the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo were arrested on Monday 7 March 2011 near Sabratah, a town on the Libyan coast. Three other journalists from the BBC, arrested on the same day, were tortured for 21 hours by Gadaffi's security forces, before being released.

12 Mar 2011
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Yemen: Protesters killed as Salih's regime funds "thugs"

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10 Mar 2011
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Syria: Haithem Al-Maleh released

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Haitham Al-Maleh, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and laureate of the 2010 Alkarama Award, was released from Damascus Central Prison (Adra prison) today and finally reunited with his family. Al-Maleh was released following a presidential amnesty freeing certain prisoners, including those over the age of 70.

08 Mar 2011
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Libya: Secret prisons in former Gaddafi stronghold

Recent video footage from Libya shows evidence that Colonel Gaddafi's regime is using deadly force against Libyan citizens. According to accounts, violent measures were used against citizens prior to the recent popular uprising.

08 Mar 2011
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Syria: persecution of many peaceful demonstrators and bloggers for having exercised their right to the freedom of expression and association

Alkarama was informed that over the last month many peaceful demonstrators, human rights defenders, political activists and bloggers were arrested or threatened all over Syria. They allegedly called for or participated peaceful demonstrations with the aim of improving the human rights situation and fight against corruption in Syria in the context of a wave of peaceful popular protests in the Arab region calling for democratic change. Peaceful sit-ins took place in Bab Tuma square on 2 February 2011, for example, or near the Libyan Embassy in Damascus on 22 February 2011.
07 Mar 2011
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Lebanon / United States: Palestinian refugee rendered by US to Lebanon, trial marred by confessions extracted under torture

Ibrahim Ahmad Hamid, a 53-year-old Palestinian refugee, was arrested on 8 August 2008 in the United States for his alleged involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, only to be forcibly returned to Lebanon on 25 May 2010 after 22 months in Henderson County Correctional Center in Kentucky, USA. The Lebanese authorities are currently trying him on charges of murder and "forming a terrorist group," for which he was tortured in order to extract false confessions. Alkarama fears that he will be heavily sentenced based on concocted confessions.

07 Mar 2011
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Syria: Mohammed Al-Braidy Forcibly Disappeared for over 19 Months

Mohamed Al-Braidy, a 42-year-old father of four from Jamlah, was arrested outside his home on 25 July 2009 by plainclothed Syrian Airforce Intelligence officers. The Syrian authorities have yet to inform his family of Mohamed's whereabouts.

As a measure to put pressure on the Syrian authorities to release information regarding his arrest and detention, Alkarama sent Mohamed Al-Braidy's case to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.

Mohammed Saad Eddin Al-Braidy is a farmer from Jamlah in the Naheyet Al-Shajara area of Daraa in southern Syria.

04 Mar 2011
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Syria: Adnan Zaitoun Forcibly Disappeared For Over 14 Years

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Adnan Zeitoun, a 59-year-old Syrian salesman and father of seven, was arrested on 2 February 1997 by plainclothes Syrian intelligence officer in Khan Arnea, in the Al-Kuneitera region, southwest Syria.
04 Mar 2011
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