Alkarama has just received news of two further extrajudicial killings by Egyptian security forces. This follows other reports of the excessive use of force by the, such as in the cases of Magdi Marei and Faras Barakat.

While studying in his home in Agadir, Abdelkarim Azzou was arrested on 21 June 2003 by police and security services. He was forcibly arrested by four officers dressed in civilian clothing who took him into custody without providing a warrant. His family was only able to re-establish contact with him a month later. He suffered serious torture while in detention and continues to suffer ill-treatment in Ait Melloul prison.

Today, 28 September 2009, 10 years have passed since the day Malik Medjnoune was abducted near his home in Tizi-Ouzou by the Algerian secret services of the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS). After being held incommunicado for more than eight months and severely tortured, he was imprisoned without ever being tried.