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Syria: Ziad Ramadan to be tried; Special Tribunal for Lebanon says he is not key witness in Hariri investigation

SYR - News | 15 January 2011
Until last week, Ziad Ramadan remained detained in the Palestine Branch of Damascus Prison, where he has been stuck for over 5 years without trial or even being presented before a judge. However, Alkarama has learnt that he is to be presented before the Syrian State Security Supreme Court on Monday 17 January 2011.
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Syria: Dr. Tohama illegally arrested 15 years after sentencing in absentia

SYR - News | 19 November 2010
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Alkarama submitted Dr Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'ruf's case to the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression today. Dr Tohama was arrested on 6 February 2010 allegedly due to her membership to Syria's Communist Labor Party. In addition to her political activities, she is the wife of political detainee and former Syrian writer Bakr Sidqi. Political opposition groups are frequently targeted by the Syrian authorities, arresting members and often delivering heavy sentences as a result.
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Syria: Female Dentist Arrested for Membership to Banned Political Party

SYR - News | 28 October 2010
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Tuhama Mahmoud Ma'ruf, 46, a dentist, married with two children, was most recently arrested on 6 February 2010 by the criminal security forces in Aleppo, for her alleged involvement with the Communist Labor Party in Syria. Mrs Ma'ruf is the wife of Mr Bakr Sidqi - a former political prisoner and a well-known Syrian writer.

On 28 October 2010 Alkarama sent Tuhama Ma'ruf's case to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and the protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, requesting his intervention with the Syrian authorities, in an effort to release Mrs Ma'ruf, in accordance with Syrian domestic law and the international agreements signed by Syria.

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Syria: 19 year old Female Blogger in Secret Detention

SYR - News | 29 September 2010
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Tal Al-Malouhi
Alkarama issued an appeal today to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, requesting their intervention with the Syrian authorities to take immediate measures to release student blogger Ms. Tal Mallohi.

Ms. Tal Malouhi, 19, is a 2nd year university student at the Faculty of Literature and lives with her family in the Homs, central Syria.

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Syria: Human Rights Activist Unjustly Sentenced to One Year's Imprisonment

SYR - News | 03 October 2010
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Abd Al-Hafiz Al-Rahman

Alkarama has received information that the 3rd Military Unit Judge in Aleppo has unjustly sentenced Abd Al-Hafiz Abd Al-Rahman on Wednesday 29 September 2010 to a year's imprisonment under Article 288 of the Syrian Penal Code.

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Mauritania - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 17.11.2004
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due on 01.11.2017 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 20.11.2013

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Accessed on 17.11.2004
Optional Protocol: Yes
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

State report: Due on 31.05.2017 (2nd)
Last concluding observations: 18.06.2013

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

CED: Ratified on 03.10.2012
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

State report: Overdue since 03.11.2014
Last concluding observations: N/A

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

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

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Commission Nationale des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Status A

Last review: 05.2011
Next review: 2016

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