The Kuwaiti authorities have recently issued a decision requiring citizens to undergo both genetic and biometric fingerprinting to verify their entitlement to citizenship.

On 15 April 2025, Alkarama formally submitted its contribution to the forthcoming report of the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General concerning acts of reprisals against individuals and entities cooperating with UN human rights mechanisms. This report, mandated by Human Rights Council Resolution 12/2, seeks to document measures of intimidation or retaliation directed at those who engage with the UN to uphold international human rights standards. 

On 14 April 2025, Alkarama submitted its contribution to the United Nations Secretary-General in view of the preparation of his report on the implementation of resolution 78/210. This document, to be presented before the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, forms part of a broader international initiative to document human rights violations committed under the pretext of counterterrorism — a process to which Alkarama seeks to make a substantive and constructive contribution.

Alkarama and a group of human rights organisations have signed a joint statement in support of French researcher François Burgat, who is facing judicial harassment in France for his outspoken positions on the crimes committed against the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza.

On 7 April 2025, Alkarama submitted its report to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council as part of the 4th cycle of Libya’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). 

On 8 April 2025, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expressed concern over the continued detention of Saudi human rights activist Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi, despite the fact that his sentence officially ended in 2023. 

The Moroccan authorities have proceeded with the release of Belgian-Moroccan detainee Abdelkader Belliraj, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, pursuant to a royal pardon granted on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, after seventeen years of detention. 

Alkarama confirmed the release of Libyan parliament member from Tarhuna, Hassan Salem (also known as Hassan al-Farjani Salem Jaballah) and his brother Mohamed, as per a decision by the President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi. The two brothers are to remain under supervision. 

Their family expressed its gratitude to Alkarama for its attention to the case through its engagement with UN procedures and media coverage of the issue. 

On 25 March 2025, Alkarama submitted its follow-up report to the United Nations Human Rights Committee regarding Iraq’s implementation of the recommendations made during its sixth periodic review, which took place in March 2022 in Geneva.

On 19 March 2025, Al Shahed – Public Liberties and Human Rights and the Libyan Organisation for Truth and Justice, in collaboration with Alkarama, issued a joint appeal to UN committees, urging them to resume their respective reviews of the human rights situation in Libya.