Alkarama submitted his case to the Special Rapporteur on Health and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on 17 December 2008. An urgent update regarding his case was published on Alkarama's website, on 9 December 2009, bringing to light his health deterioration due to medical negligence and ill-treatment.
Medical examinations reveal that he requires and urgent operation and sources indicate that the Saudi authorities have ignored medical advice and he remains untreated.
Alkarama has urged of the UN special procedures to urgently intervene with regards to Nasser Al-Hajiri's case in hopes that he receive the medical treatment to which he is entitled by law.