Alkarama for Human Rights, 14 January 2008.
The U.N working group on arbitrary detentions came to a conclusion concerning the case of Mr. Issam Al-Otaibi, also known as "Abu Muhammad Almaqdisi". Alkarama organization has appealed on April 17 2007 to the working group to intervene urgently concerning this issue. Consequently, the working group declared during its last assembly held in Geneva at the end of Nov 2007 that the said detention is arbitrary, and Jordan is in violation of article 19 of the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights ratified by the Jordanian Kingdom.