The Libyan Committee for Truth and Justice has informed Alkarama of Abdelatif al-Raqoubi's release from Abu Slim prison on 15 October 2009. The committee thanked Alkarama for its efforts on Mr al-Raqoubi's behalf, and championed the continued efforts of human rights defenders' work in Libya.

Guards at the headquarters of the Political Security forces in Sana'a prevented media representatives and journalists from recording a peaceful gathering in front of the security headquarters on 10 November 2009. The sit-in was organised by families from the governorate of Hadramout, in collaboration with a representative of Alkarama in Yemen, to call for the release of arbitrary detainees from the political security prison in the city of al-Mukalla, in south-east Yemen.

For only the second time in the history of the Committee against Torture (CAT), a periodic review took place in absence of the State party delegation - the first being Cambodia's initial review on 29 April 2003. Alkarama was present for Yemen's CAT review on 3 November 2009, for which it had submitted a Shadow Report. The Committee's experts unanimously deplored the absence of the Yemeni delegation - further adding to this the fact that the representative of Yemen's Permanent Mission to the UN was also not present.