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Qatar: Fawaz Al-Attiyah arrested for five months without legal action

QAT - News | 22 March 2010

Alkarama received reports that Fawaz Al-Attiyah, a British national and former spokesperson of the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was handed over to the Qataris by Saudi authorities and is currently detained incommunicado in solitary confinement. He has been denied all visitation rights and has not been outside for more than five months.

Qatar: Jordanian national held by Qatari Special Security forces

QAT - News | 22 March 2010

Qatari Special Security forces arrested Sedki Ibrahim, a Jordanian national, under the pretext of a traffic violation.

Qatar: Abdullah Khowar and Salem Al-Kuwari arbitrarily detained since six months

QAT - News | 22 December 2009

Abdullah Khowar and Salem Al-Kuwari were both arrested on 27 June 2009 by State Security officers. They were initially held incommunicado for several weeks after their arrest, and to date they have neither been presented before a judge and nor informed of the charges against them.

Morocco - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Ratified on 03.05.1979
Optional Protocol: No

Last State report: Overdue since 07.07.2015
Last concluding observations: 01.12.2004

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Ratified on 21.06.1993
Optional Protocol: Accessed on 24.11.2014
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): Yes
Art. 22 (Individual communications): Yes

Last State report: 30.06.2013
Last concluding observations: 21.12.2011

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

CED: Ratified on 14.05.2013
Art. 33 (Inquiry procedure): Yes

State report: Overdue since 14.06.2015
Last concluding observations: N/A

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2012 (2^nd cycle)
Next review: -

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

Conseil National des Droits de l'Homme (CNDH) – Status A

Last review: 10.2010
Next review: 11.2015