Amer Hashash and his brother Mosbah Hashash were arrested on 16 November 2007 by agents of the intelligence services of the Directorate General of Internal Security Forces and were held incommunicado for 3 months during which they were victims of torture. Having since been transferred to the Roumieh prison, they are currently in detention awaiting trial before a court military.

Khalil Abdul Rahman Al-Junahi, who was arbitrarily detained for 19 months in Saudi Arabia and then transferred to the United Arab Emirates on 24 November 2008, has now been in solitary confinement for over 150 days.

Al-Karama learned that five Syrian nationals arrested on 3 and 4 January 2006 by the Directorate General of Internal Security Forces will be tried and probably convicted today, 24 April 2009. It is feared that they will be deported to Syria where they risk torture and enforced disappearance.

Three Al-Abbaba brothers were arrested on 19 July 2007 by agents of the political police (Amn Al-Assiyassi) and were held for the first two months in solitary confinement at their premises. They have been imprisoned without trial.

Alkarama was informed of opinion 31/2008 issued by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in  November 2008, which described the detention of Abdel Rahman Samara as arbitrary. This young man, aged 23 at the time of his arrest, is still being detained without having been tried or convicted.