Today, 4 February 2010, the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture begins its visit to Lebanon. Alkarama will be participating in the workshops and meetings organized by the OHCHR in Lebanon in the framework of this visit. Alkarama has already submitted to the Subcommittee specific information about the conditions in prisons and in particular the grave issue of torture in Lebanon.

The Egyptian Security forces continue to suppress any opposition towards the government - often affiliating the detainees to banned organizations or terrorists groups as a pretext for arrest.

Mohamed Al-Dainy, Geneva, October 2008

On 25 January 2010, Mohamed Al-Dainy, MP for the National Dialogue Front and an Iraqi human rights defender, was sentenced to death in abstentia by Central Court of Baghdad. He is accused of planning the April 2007 bombing of the Iraqi House of Representatives' cafeteria as well as other terrorist operations.