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Egypt: Fears for the life of Mr. Mohamed Al Charqaoui, arbitrarily detained for nearly 14 years
EGY - News | 28 March 2008
Alkarama, March 28, 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights expresses its deepest concern about the health status of Mr. Abderrahim Mohamed Al Charqaoui, aged 58, detained for nearly 14 years without charge or legal procedure in the prison of Tora Limane (Egypt).
Alkarama for Human Rights expresses its deepest concern about the health status of Mr. Abderrahim Mohamed Al Charqaoui, aged 58, detained for nearly 14 years without charge or legal procedure in the prison of Tora Limane (Egypt).
Egypt: arrest and arbitrary detention of Khaled Hamza, human rights defender
EGY - News | 19 March 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights, March 19, 2008
Alkarama and the Arab Commission on Human Rights have appealed to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) and the Special Representative for the Defenders of Human Rights to ask them to intervene in the case of Mr. Khaled Hamza.
Egypt: The UN recommends the liberation of Abdeldjouad Al-Abadi, arbitrarily detained since 13 years
EGY - News | 09 February 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights, 8 February 2008.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention noted in its opinion of November 22, 2007 that the Egyptian Government has violated fundamental principles of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and that the detention of Mr. Al Abadi is arbitrary. He recommends his release.
Egypt: The U.N working group considers the detention of Mr. Shamia as arbitrary.
EGY - News | 21 January 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights, 16 January 2008..
The U.N working group on arbitrary detentions stated its decision No. 24/2007 concerning the case of Mr. Mustafa Shamia who was detained for 13 years without trial and was finally released on 23 July, 2007. Alkarama organization has appealed to the U.N working group on arbitrary detentions on July 7, 2007 to intervene urgently concerning the matter of Mr. Shamia.
Egypt: Arbitrary detentions
EGY - News | 10 July 2007
Alkarama for Human Rights, 3 July 2007
Alkarama for Human Rights has written to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to inform it of 14 cases of arbitrary detention and ask it to intervene with the Egyptian government, which ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 14 January 1982 and the Convention against Torture on 25 June 1986.