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Egypt: Rassd News Network Journalist Arbitrarily Detained Since August 2013

EGY - News | 02 October 2014

On 22 July 2014, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, copied to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), to bring their attention to the case of Abdullah Ahmed Mohammed Ismail Alfakharany, a 24 years old student at the University of Cairo, Journalist and co-Founder of a news platform, Rassd News Network (RNN), and human rights activist. Arrested in August 2013 he has since then been detained in arbitrary detention and subjected to torture.

Egypt: Arbitrary Detention and Torture of Two Sisters for Participation in Peaceful Cairo Sit-In

EGY - News | 02 October 2014

On 24 September 2014, Alkarama sent a communication to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Hind and Rachaa Munir Abd Al Wahab Ali Nassr, two sisters arrested and detained because of their participation in a peaceful sit-in in Cairo.

Egypt: Arbitrary Detention of a Physically Disabled Elder

EGY - News | 29 September 2014

On 17 September 2014, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health to ask the Egyptian authorities to grant Ibrahim Hassan Mohamed Asuhaimi, an arbitrarily detained elder, the immediate medical attention his state requires.

Egypt: UN Urges Release of Civilians Tried Before Military Courts for Participating in Demonstration

EGY - News | 12 September 2014

On 16 July 2014, the Secretary of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), Miguel de la Lama informed Alkarama that, during its 69th session on 24 April 2014, the WGAD had recognised the arbitrary nature of the detention of 12 Egyptian citizens arrested in July and August 2013 during peaceful demonstrations, and consequently tried before military courts. The WGAD, which also considered that their right to freedom of expression had been breached, urged the Egyptian authorities to remedy to this situation by immediately releasing them and providing them with compensation.

Egypt: 15 Individuals Arbitrarily Detained for Expressing Their Opinions

EGY - News | 05 September 2014

On 14 July 2014, the police arrested 15 individuals during a violent dispersal of a peaceful demonstration in Al Fayoum. Detained in Badar Al Fayoum's police station since their arrest, they also report having been subjected to torture and ill-treatment.

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