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Egypt: URGENT APPEAL – Another Name to Add to the List of Missing Persons Arrested by Police

EGY - News | 24 November 2014

On 17 November 2014, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal the United Nations Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the case of Yasser Ahmed Ahmed Abu Eita, a 23-year-old Egyptian citizen, disappeared since his arrest by the police forces in the streets of Damietta Port on 2 November 2014.

Egypt: Arbitrary Detention of University Professor for Over 1 Year

EGY - News | 18 November 2014

On 22 October 2014, Alkarama and AFD International wrote to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to alert them on the case of Mohamed Abdelhamid Abdelhamid Kharaba, a university professor arbitrarily detained in Alexandria's Al-Hadra prison since his arrest on 24 November 2013. His family claims that Kharaba's fight against corruption at the University of Alexandria is the reason for his arrest. For this reason, his relatives reject the fabricated allegations against him.

Egypt: UN Calls on Egyptian Authorities to Put an End to Serious Human Rights Violations

EGY - News | 11 November 2014

On 5 November 2014, Egypt's second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This process aims to assess the human rights record of each United Nations' Member State by the Human Rights Council (HRC). Since its first review in February 2010, Egypt has undergone major political upheavals. However, despite the hopes raised by the revolution and the statements made by the Egyptian authorities on the respect of fundamental freedoms in the country, the human rights situation in Egypt remains more preoccupying than ever.

Egypt: 19-year old Student Released After Abduction by Security Forces

EGY - News | 10 November 2014

Alkarama welcomes the release, on 6 November 2014, of 19-year-old student, Aliaa Tarek Mohammad Alsayed, whose family had not heard from since her abduction by the Egyptian security forces at the Al Azhar University campus in Cairo on 20 October 2014.

Egypt: 3 Students Missing Since the Raba’a Massacre

EGY - News | 27 October 2014

On 22 October 2014, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the abduction of three Egyptian students. Mohamed Hammad Ali Omar (20 years old), Mohammed Khader Ali Mohamed (21) and Mohamed Abdulsalam Ali Mohamed Abdulhamid (21) disappeared since their arrest by Egyptian security forces on 14 August 2013 during the Raba'a al Adawiya and al-Nahda squares massacres in Cairo. Their families are still looking for answers.

Lebanon - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 03.11.1972
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Overdue since 21.03.2001 (3rd)
Last concluding observations: 05.05.1997

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 05.10.2000
Optional Protocol: Yes
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Overdue since 03.11.2001 (1st)
Last concluding observations: N/A

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

CED: Signed on 06.02.2007

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 11.2010 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2015 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

No