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On 9 June 2010 Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group's report (A/HRC/14/2) on Qatar. The review previously took place on 8 February 2010 during the UPR's seventh session. State party representatives had the opportunity to present their recommendations, which were later documented in the report, while their views and commitments of Qatar to the protection of human rights were also put forth.

Nasser Al-Hajiri, arrested on16 December 2007 during his pilgrimage to Mecca, has been detained for more than two and a half years without charge or trial despite being afflicted by a worsening cancer in the form of a brain tumour.

During the last two months Alkarama submitted the cases of eight individual disappearances to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID). The disappearances and connected to the so-called "fight against terrorism". In the last several months, the Moroccan authorities have launched several waves of arrests, during which many people have been held in secret detention.

Alkarama received information that the individuals listed below reappeared following a court appearance on 6 May 2010.

Alkarama sent the case of Hazem Khader Al-Fakhouri, husband of human rights activist Lama Abdul Matalab Khater, to the United Nations special procedures, to further increase call for the West Bank intelligence services to release Hazem Al-Fakhouri's from their custody.

A statement condemning the crime committed against the relief convoy and demanding the dismantling of the blockade on Gaza and the turnover of the Israeli`s war criminals to International Justice

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Ayat Issam Ahmed, a university student from Damascus, was arrested on 18 October 2009, after receiving a summons to appear at the Political Security branch in Al-Fayha, Damascus, where she was questioned about her religious beliefs.
Twelve Egyptian citizens were abducted at the hands of the police during the midterm Shura Council elections which took place on Tuesday 1 June 2010.
On 16 January 2010, State Security Investigative (SSI) forces arrested Sudanese refugee, Hassan Mahmoud Mohamed, 32, from his home in 6th of October City and took him to an unknown location; following his transfer to Tora prison 55 days later, his family learned that he was held incommunicado at the SSI headquarters in Nasr City.

In the early hours of the 16 January 2010, SSI officers raided Hassan Mohamed's apartment, confiscating some of his belongings, including his mobile phone and 3600LE.

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At least 30 Muslim Brotherhood supporters were injured on 29 May 2010, as Egyptian security forces attacked an election rally organized by residents of Abu Homs in Al-Baheira governorate.

Alkarama has received preliminary information that several individuals have died and others have been wounded aboard one of the ships belonging to the "Freedom Flotilla", the Turkish MV Mavi Marmara. Israeli Defense Forces boarded the ship at 4am on 31 May 2010, while the ship was still in international waters, en route to the port of Gaza on a humanitarian aid mission. Initial information indicates that 18 people were killed in the attacked and several more wounded.

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