Iraq: Moroccan national risks execution after serving seven year sentence

Abdesselam Ahmed Abdesselam Bakkali, a 37 year-old tailor from Tangiers, was arrested in Iraq by American troops in 2003 and condemned to seven years imprisonment. Instead of being released in March 2010 after having served his sentence, Mr Bakkali was seen on Iraq television in November 2010 making public confessions "Al Irakiya TV" and "Al-Arabiya TV" of being involved in terrorist acts.
30 Dec 2010
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Egypt: Six Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrested in Sharkiya

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Dr Mohi Hamid, one of the six senior
Muslim Brotherhood leaders arrested
29 Dec 2010
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Egypt: Political activists appeal two-year sentencing following unfair trial

Several human and civil rights organisations have expressed their concerns regarding six Egyptian political activists who have appealed their sentencing following an unfair trial. Such a trial comes as a violation to both Egyptian law and the standards of international treaties signed by Egypt.
27 Dec 2010
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Egypt: Egyptian Colonel risks torture following kidnapping

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Ayman Ahmed Salem, 40, a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Egyptian Military Forces was recently disappeared from an unknown location. Beginning 3 December 2010, Mr Salem began publishing politically-motivated articles on the internet criticising the Egyptian government.
27 Dec 2010
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Morocco: Mohammadia hit by another disappearance

Hicham El Hachimi, a father, 29 living in Al Aliya Al Mohammadia, was arrested on 30 November 2010 without a warrant by plain-clothed police officers. He was then put in a vehicle with more agents and taken to an unknown location.
27 Dec 2010
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UN: Iraq ratifies, UN implements Enforced Disappearances Convention

Following the Iraq's ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons against Enforced Disappearances, the treaty will finally be implemented on 23 December 2010. Although Alkarama welcomes this step, it insists that enormous efforts must continue to be made, especially in the Arab world.

24 Dec 2010
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi student held for seven years without trial

Mr Ali Abdulrahmane Al-Faqasi, a Saudi university student, has been detained without any trial or charge for over 7 and a half years. He gave himself up to the Saudi authorities on 26 June 2003, hoping to secure the release of 9 members of his family, including his wife, who had been arrested by the Saudi authorities to put pressure on Mr Al-Faqasi. He has been held since, in very difficult conditions in Al-Hayr prison, in Riyadh and with limited access to the outside world.

23 Dec 2010
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi Professor detained without charge for nearly four years

An outspoken professor of Religious Science at a University in Riyadh, 50 year old Dr Bachr bin Fahd Al-Bachr, remains detained in Al-Hayr prison suffering from a precarious health situation. Dr Al-Bachr had long since been targeted by the Saudi authorities over his criticism of the Saudi government's policies, only to be arrested by the Saudi Investigative Police on 15 March 2007 in Riyadh. To date, he has spent 3 years and 9 months detained in Saudi Arabia without charge or trial.

Since his arrest, Alkarama has been closely following Dr Al-Bachr's case.

23 Dec 2010
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi authorities refuse to hand over body of Yemeni torture victim

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Alkarama sent two urgent appeals today to the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions and the Special Rapporteur on torture, requesting their intervention with the Saudi authorities to uncover the circumstances surrounding the death of a Yemeni detainee, Sultan Mohamed Abdo Addoais, 32, a salesman and father of
22 Dec 2010
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Saudi Arabia: British citizen detained without charge for more than four years

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Three and a half years ago, on 8 August 2007, Abdul Hakim Gellani, a British citizen and businessman of Yemeni heritage, was abducted by Saudi intelligence services from Al-Mordjane hotel in Mecca. He disappeared. On 25 September 2007, the Saudi authorities acknowledged his arrest but not his location.

22 Dec 2010
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