The unjust sentence issued against journalist, Tariq Abu Zayd must be lifted. He and fellow detainee journalists Yazid Khedr, Moaz Asaluady, Mohammed Besharat, Mustafa Sabri should be immediately released from Security Services prisons in the West Bank.

The Egyptian authorities continue to arbitrarily detain Ahmad Douma despite having completed his prison sentence. Following his return to Egypt from the Gaza Strip at the end of Israel's offensive against Gaza, Egypt's Military Court sentenced Ahmed Douma, an Egyptian citizen, to one year's imprisonment on 10 February 2009 on charges of illegally entering of Gaza. The same court also sentenced his colleague, Ahmad Kamal, without any legal basis, for "intending to travel" to Gaza.

Alkarama has just learned that Abdul Rahman Koki was released following a Presidential pardon yesterday, Tuesday, 16 February 2010. Sheikh Koki was arrested on 22 October 2009 upon his return from Qatar where he took part in Faisal Qassem's Al-Jazeera debate program "The Opposite Direction".