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Friday, 05 June 2015 11:12
Jordan: Release of 2 Activists Charged with "Insulting the King" for Participating in Peaceful Demonstration against Charlie Hebdo's Cartoon
On 27 May 2015, the same day that he was charged with "criticising or insulting the King" for taking part in a peaceful demonstration against Charlie Hebdo's front-page cartoon and subsequently sentenced to five months imprisonment, the social rights activist Bassem Al Rawabedah was released. Arrested in January 2015 – two days after the arrest of Thabet Assaf, another member of the Islamic Jordanian Youth Movement, a group advocating for social and political reforms – Al Rawabedah had been transferred to the General Intelligence Services together with Assaf where they were detained incommunicado in solitary confinement for two weeks. Both were then tried before the State Security Court, a special court used to try the military, and Assaf was released on bail the day of his sentencing to three months in prison on 26 March 2015. Today, notwithstanding the two activists' releases, Alkarama still calls on the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) to denounce their abusive and arbitrary detention.
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JOR - News
Wednesday, 01 October 2014 12:35
Lybia: National Human Rights Institution 2014 - Report and Recommendations of the Session of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)
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NHRI
Friday, 01 October 2010 12:34
Jordan: National Human Rights Institution 2010 - Report and Recommendations of the Session of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)
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NHRI
Monday, 01 October 2007 12:33
Jordan: National Human Rights Institution 2007 - Report and Recommendations of the Session of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)
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NHRI
Thursday, 01 March 2007 12:30
Jordan: National Human Rights Institution 2007 - Report and Recommendations of the Session of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)
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NHRI
Saturday, 01 April 2006 12:26
Jordan: National Human Rights Institution 2006 - Report and Recommendations of the Session of the Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA)
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NHRI
Sunday, 03 March 2013 16:17
Jordan: Universal Periodic Review 2013 - Alkarama's Submission to the Stakeholders’ Summary
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UPR
Tuesday, 28 April 2015 10:24
Jordan: Arbitrary Detention of Two Activists for Participating in Peaceful Demonstration
On 24 April 2015, Alkarama sent a request for Opinion to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the arbitrary detention of two Jordanian citizens, Bassem Al Rawabedah and Thabet Assaf, arrested for having organised and participated in a peaceful demonstration against the French journal Charlie Hebdo's cartoons, on 16 January 2015. Both men were arrested by the Preventive Security Services, a force under the control of the Public Security Directorate and subsequently handed over to the General Intelligence Services.
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JOR - News
Friday, 10 April 2015 11:37
Jordan: Arbitrary Detention Targets Supporter of Palestinian cause
On 31 March 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on arbitrary detention (WGAD) concerning the case of Ghassan Mohammed Salim Duar, arbitrarily detained since 29 October 2014 because of his support to the Palestinian cause.
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JOR - News
Friday, 23 January 2015 16:35
Jordan: Two Activists Arrested for Involvement in Peaceful Demonstration against Charlie Hebdo’s Cartoons less than Five Days after King Abdullah’s Participation to Paris Rally for Freedom of Speech
On 22 January 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association regarding the arrest and incommunicado detention of Bassem Al Rawabedah and Thabet Assaf. The two men were arrested by the Jordanian Preventive Security Services for having organised a peaceful demonstration against the French journal Charlie Hebdo's cartoons on 16 January 2015.
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JOR - News