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The family of Dr. Hossam Abouelezz, former governor of Egypt’s Qalyubia province, has warned that the political detainee’s life is at risk after receiving reports of several prisoner deaths attributed to medical neglect and inhumane detention conditions. 

In a statement to Alkarama, the family said it has had no news of the former governor, who remains deprived of visits and stripped of all his rights. 

As it enters its 21st year, Alkarama for Human Rights releases its 2025 Annual Report, providing an in-depth overview of the human rights situation across the Arab world and reflecting its unwavering commitment throughout the year. 

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. 

Alkarama and the Observatory for Media Freedoms ("Marsadak") express their deep concern over the prolonged detention of Yemeni journalist Nasser Shaker at Bir Ahmed Prison in Aden Governorate, southern Yemen. His detention continues despite a judicial ruling validating the time he has already served and an explicit order from the Public Prosecutor to release him. This situation constitutes arbitrary detention, in violation of the Yemeni Constitution, national laws and international human rights standards. 

Governments’ vague and overbroad definitions of “terrorism,” “terrorist organisations,” and “violent extremism” are driving serious and systemic human rights violations worldwide and should be radically narrowed in any new UN framework, Alkarama highlighted in its latest report submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights.

The undersigned human rights organizations issue an urgent appeal to the international community and the conscience of the world to take immediate action to save the life of French national Mr. Amr Abdel Fattah, who is at grave risk of death, torture, and enforced disappearance while held in Saudi detention facilities.

Today, the world marks the International Day of Education, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on 3 December 2018, highlighting "the role of education in celebrating peace and development" and recognizing that “education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.” On this occasion, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), together with various regional partner organizations, is organizi

Nazhat Shameem Khan, Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, stated that, based on the information and evidence gathered by the Court, the Office of the Prosecutor considers that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed in El Fasher, in the Darfur region, particularly toward the end of October. 

On 16 June 2024, Mr Amr Abdelfattah, a French engineer and father of three, was arrested on the esplanade of the Grand Mosque in Mecca during a check related to his pilgrimage permit. After a tense exchange with the police officer conducting the check, whose behaviour was particularly aggressive towards Mr Abdelfattah, he was taken to the Haram police station. 

The issue of enforced disappearances in Yemen has once again come to the forefront amid the waning influence of the Southern Transitional Council and its affiliated military formations backed by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This development follows the takeover by forces aligned with the internationally recognized government of the temporary capital, Aden, as well as the southern and eastern governorates, a shift that has offered victims’ families a renewed sense of hope in learning the fate of their missing relatives.