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Saudi Arabia: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Abdel Rahman Samara
KSA - News | 12 May 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights, May 12, 2008
Alkarama asked, on May 8, 2008, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene in the case of Mr. Samara, arbitrarily detained since July 17, 2007.
Alkarama asked, on May 8, 2008, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to intervene in the case of Mr. Samara, arbitrarily detained since July 17, 2007.
Algeria before the Committee against Torture : The failure of the rhetoric of war
DZA - News | 06 May 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights, May 6, 2008
Representatives of Alkarama attended the periodic review of Algerian by the Committee against Torture (CAT) held on 2 and 5 May 2008. Our organization had submitted a few weeks earlier an alternative report to the Committee.
Representatives of Alkarama attended the periodic review of Algerian by the Committee against Torture (CAT) held on 2 and 5 May 2008. Our organization had submitted a few weeks earlier an alternative report to the Committee.
Libya: Reappearance of Abdussalam Il-Khwildy, missing since October 17, 2006
LBY - News | 05 May 2008
Alkarama for Human Rights, May 5, 2008
Abdussalam Il-Khwildy was arrested on October 17, 2004 and sentenced on 07 August 2006 to a term of two years' imprisonment. Whereas he should have been released from Abu Slim prison in Tripoli on October 17, 2006, he was actually transferred elsewhere and disappeared. His father was finally able to visit him on April 30, 2008 after a year and a half of disappearance. He remains however detained arbitrarily.
Abdussalam Il-Khwildy was arrested on October 17, 2004 and sentenced on 07 August 2006 to a term of two years' imprisonment. Whereas he should have been released from Abu Slim prison in Tripoli on October 17, 2006, he was actually transferred elsewhere and disappeared. His father was finally able to visit him on April 30, 2008 after a year and a half of disappearance. He remains however detained arbitrarily.
Guantanamo / USA: Release of Sami Al Hajj after 6 ½ years of detention
Other Countries - News | 03 May 2008
On 2 May 2008, Sami Al Hajj, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, was finally released. He was arrested on December 15, 2001, near the Pakistan border and detained at Guantanamo Bay. He was taken, handcuffed, in an American plane to Khartoum airport. He was handed over to the Sudanese authorities and was immediately transferred to the Amal hospital. He managed to give his first interview although he did look very weak.
Saudi Arabia: Liberation of Fouad Ahmad Al Farhan
KSA - News
- 29 April 2008
Libya: Release of Abdelsalam Ibrahim Mohammed
LBY - News
- 28 April 2008
Human Rights Watch : UN, Mixed Results for New Review Process
Other NGO - News
- 25 April 2008
Egypt: Release of Khaled Hamza, human rights defender
EGY - News
- 20 April 2008
Morocco: Arrest of Mr. Asfari, Saharawi human rights defender
MOR - News
- 18 April 2008
Libya: Disappearance of Salem Abdaslam since December 2007
LBY - News
- 17 April 2008