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Wars, armed conflicts, and authoritarian regimes often lead to severe human rights violations that may amount to war crimes or even crimes against humanity, such as systematic torture, enforced disappearances, horrific massacres of civilians, genocide, and ethnic cleansing, among others. 

Alkarama submitted a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) on 18 March 2025 concerning Mahmoud Aletewi, a Jordanian student who was arrested by the General Intelligence Services in Zarqa on 26 February 2024 and accused of visiting websites considered by the authorities to be 'non-compliant'.  

Alkarama believes that equality among human beings is a great human value and represents the cornerstone of the human rights system. 

On the occasion of the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Alkarama emphasizes the grave consequences of Islamophobia and hate speech against Muslims, which manifest in serious violations of many of their fundamental rights, including the right to physical safety, the right to practice worship, freedom of expression, the right to non-discrimination based on religion, and the political rights of citizens of the Islamic faith. 

On 11 March 2025, Alkarama submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) the case of Mr. Abdullah Ali Abdulhafidh ABDELWAHAB, a Yemeni businessman who was arbitrarily arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and sentenced to 15 years in prison merely for posts on Facebook. 

Every year on this date, the world celebrates International Women's Day, as established by the United Nations. This occasion serves as an important moment to highlight the status of women globally and to reaffirm the necessity of strengthening laws that uphold women's rights and ensure their protection from all forms of violence.

Alkarama for Human Rights, based in Geneva, has published its 2024 annual report, marking the 20th anniversary of the organization's founding. The report highlights the overall human rights situation across the four regions of the Arab world.

Alkarama recently filed a complaint with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to denounce the arrest and enforced disappearance of Suleiman Al-Duwaish, a prominent religious figure in the country.  

On 20 September 2009, Mr. Walid Hosni, a third-year student at the Higher School of Medical Sciences in Tunis, disappeared under circumstances that remain unclear to this day. 

Mr. Hosni, 22 years old, left his home at 6:30 AM as usual to run daily errands, without carrying any identification or a significant amount of money. Since then, his family has had no news of him and remains completely unaware of his fate, despite numerous attempts to obtain information from various authorities. 

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