Iraq

In Iraq, the Yemeni detainee Hasna Ali Yahya Hussayn suffers from chronic illnesses and endures extremely harsh detention conditions, according to human rights sources cited by Alkarama. 

Alkarama has learned that the Syrian authorities have managed to bring back the young Syrian Azmi Derri Mohamed Al Haddar to his country after 18 years of arbitrary detention and hardship in Iraqi prisons, linked to allegations of illegal border crossing and involvement with an armed group, for which he had been sentenced to 15 years in prison. 

Alkarama has urgently appealed to the United Nations Special Procedures after learning that the Iraqi authorities had forcibly transferred Mr. Ayesh Al Harby, a Saudi national detained in Iraq, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, despite serious risks of torture or even execution. 

Mr. Al Harby had been a refugee in Iraq since 2000 and had been arrested by U.S. forces before being handed over to Iraqi authorities, who detained him until his forced return.