Lebanon: 10 Human Rights Organisations Call Upon the Authorities to Accept the Visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers

LBN - News | 11 August 2016

On 11 August 2016, Alkarama together with nine Lebanese human rights organisations sent a letter to the Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil, to call upon him to accept the request made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (SR IJL) Mónica Pinto to visit Lebanon in 2016.

Syria: Man Disappeared Since His Abduction From The Street in 2013

SYR - News | 10 August 2016

51-year-old Zakaria Jabara was abducted in Qamishli on 2 February 2013 by the Military Security. Jabara was then taken to an unknown location and has not been seen since his arrest. On 10 August 2016, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians sent his case to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), in the hope that it will help shed light on his fate and whereabouts.

Bahrain: National Institution for Human Rights Receives B Status to Mark Non Compliance with International Standards

BHR - News | 09 August 2016

During its May 2016 session, the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) ) of the Global Alliance of National Institutions for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights (GANHRI) granted Bahrain's National Institution for Human Rights' (NIHR) the B status. In January 2016, Alkarama had sent a report on Bahrain's NIHR to the SCA, calling for the attribution of the B status to the NIHR to indicate its non-compliance with the Paris Principles Principles, the international standards established to ensure the NHRIs' independence and effective promotion and protection of human rights.

Syria: A Peaceful Activist Tortured While Detained Incommunicado by the Military Intelligence

SYR - News | 09 August 2016

On 10 June 2012, Ayed Al Ghashim, a peaceful activist during the Syrian uprisings, was arrested while crossing a checkpoint near Qamishli. He was only released a year later after being severely tortured while secretly detained. Concerned over this fact, on 9 August 2016, Alkarama and Human Rights Guardians submitted his case to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT), Juan EMéndez E. Méndez.

Syria: 20-Year-Old Student Released by YPG After Being Disappeared For More Than a Year

SYR - News | 03 August 2016

On 5 July 2016, Ammar Al Hasan was released from Al Malikiyah detention centre – one of the central Kurdish prisons in north-eastern Syria – from where he disappeared in March 2015. During his secret detention, he was tortured in order to force him to confess to being a member of a terrorist group.

UAE: Syrian National Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison after an Unfair Trial

UAE - News | 03 August 2016

On 26 September 2013, Mohamad Az, a Syrian national and a long-time resident of the United Arab Emirates was arrested while driving with his mother from Al Dhaid to Dubai by officers dressed in civilian clothes, who drove him blindfolded to his house and searched it without a warrant. Az was then detained in secret detention for four months during which time he was coerced into confessing his support to Ahrar Al Sham. Az had been commenting developments in his hometown in Syria since the beginning of the conflict.

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