On 10 June 2009, the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the Working Group's report on Saudi Arabia. During their fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (2-13 February 2009) the human rights situation in Iraq was also discussed. This document reports the findings of the representatives of States present at the meeting and their recommendations, as well as the positions of the state considered.

Alkarama was informed that Abdullah Al-Souidani was released on May 31 2009. The Qatari citizen was stopped at the border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia on 9 May 2009. He was held incommunicado at the Al-Hayr prison without his family being able to reach him. Finally released, he was able to return to Qatar.

Abdullah Al-Souidani, a Qatari national, was arrested on 9 May 2009 on the border with Saudi Arabia where he was planning a visit. He is being held in Al-Hayr prison since without his family being able to receive news of his condition.

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.