Saudi Arabia: Severe condemnation for the arbitrary detention of Dr. Said Bin Zair

The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has informed Al-Karama of opinion 36/2008, of 21 November 2008, in which it finds serious violations of the rights of Dr. Said bin Mubarak bin Zair, secretly detained since his arrest on June 6 2007 by the intelligence services.

Dr.

30 Mar 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Thamer Al-Matiri arbitrarily detained since 2 November 2008

On 2 November 2008, Thamer Al-Matiri, a Kuwaiti citizen, was arrested without a warrant by the Saudi intelligence services (Al-Mabahit Al-Aama) 2008 at Jeddah airport. Al-Karama informed the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of this on 27 March 2009, asking it to intercede with the Saudi authorities.

Thamer Rekhis Eid Al-Matiri, aged 27, is an official at the Ministry of Information in Kuwait, where he lives.

29 Mar 2009
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Algeria: Algeria is expected to ratify the Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearance

While Morocco has announced its intention to ratify the Convention for the Protection of All Persons against Enforced Disappearance before the end of 2009, no such move has been announced by the Algerian authorities.
24 Mar 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Unlimited hunger strike of Nasser Al-Hajiri, arbitrarily detained for 15 months

Mr Nasser Al-Hajiri, a Kuwaiti national, was arrested on 16 December 2007 and currently detained at Dammam's Intelligence Services' detention centre in Saudi Arabia without legal procedure. On 15 March 2009 he began an interminable hunger strike despite the state of his health, which has deteriorated since his arrest.

On 20 March 2009, Al-Karama sent an urgent appeal to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention asking it to intervene with the Saudi Authorities.

24 Mar 2009
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American Muslim's Case Poses a Test

One day last July, Naji Hamdan was summoned to the U.S. Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. He drove two hours through the desert heat from Dubai to answer questions from FBI agents who had arrived from Los Angeles, where Hamdan had gone to school, started a family, built a successful auto-parts business and become a U.S. citizen.

At his apartment six weeks later, he was awakened from a nap by men who bundled him into a black Chevrolet Suburban with tinted windows.

23 Mar 2009
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Saudi Arabia: Arrest and arbitrary detention of Ali Al-Qarni, Human Rights defender

Ali Said Al-Qarni Khassif was arrested in Riyadh on 5 December 2007 by agents of the intelligence services (Al Mabahit Al-Aama) and, after being held incommunicado for several weeks, was transferred to Dahbane prison in Jeddah where he is still being detained without trial.

On 16 March 2009, Al-Karama asked the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur of the Secretary-General on the situation of Human Rights Defenders to intervene with the Saudi authorities in his regard.

20 Mar 2009
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Morocco: Mobilization around the International Convention against enforced disappearance

Since the beginning of March 2009, and in the context of the international campaign for the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance , the FEMED (Euro-Med Federation against Enforced Disappearance), the ICAED (International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearance), Aim for Human Rights, the AMDH (Association Marocaine des Droits Humains - Moroccan Association for Human Rights), the OMDH (Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains - Moroccan Organization for Human Rights), the FMVJ (Forum Marocai
18 Mar 2009
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Saudi Arabia: The arbitrary detention of Mohamed Tarhuni

Mr. Mohamed Tarhuni, an Egyptian citizen has been without legal representation since his arrest in November 2006 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A complaint was made on 12 March 2009 by Al-Karama to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which seeks to intervene with the Saudi authorities in this regard.

Mr. Mohamed Razak Bin Abdel Nas Tarhuni is currently 49 years old. He was living legally in Medina under a foreign permanent residency. He holds a doctorate in religious studies and is known in the literary world.

17 Mar 2009
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Egypt: Arbitrary deprivation of liberty of Mr Tarek Al Zumer, now detained in prison for 28 years

Mr Tarek Abdelmoujoud Al Zumer, now 49, and an agricultural engineer, was arrested in October 1981 and charged for conspiracy in the case of the assassination of the Egyptian president Anwar Al Sadat. In 1982 the High Court of State Security sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

A few months later, he was tried again by the Cairo Military Court on the same grounds. He was again sentenced to another sentence of 7 years in prison, which was combined with his first sentence.

16 Mar 2009
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The mysterious case of Mohamed al-Dainy

The authorities claim he planned a suicide bombing in parliament. His allies insist the Iraqi MP is a respected human rights campaigner. But no one knows what has happened to him.
15 Mar 2009
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