Alkarama submitted, on July 29th 2008, a communication to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, as well as to the Special Representative for Defenders of Human Rights and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression regarding Mr. Hassan Al-Diqqi, a human rights defender, currently being held at the central prison of Sharjah.
Alkarama has just been officially notified of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's (WGAD) opinion of May 7, 2008 , declaring arbitrary and in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the deprivation of liberty of Mr.
