Alkarama for Human Rights, 25 July 2007

As of Monday 24/07/2007, the Saudi authorities have released our client Dr. Abdallah Al Hamed and his brother Isa Al Hamed.  Alkarama had taken up their issue during the wave of arrests of 16/03/2004 which affected him and some other symbols of political, cultural, and ideological reform in the Kingdom.

Alkarama for Human Rights, 20 July 2007

Alkarama for Human Rights has learned that the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued opinion 4/2007 on 8 May 2007 about the detention of Mr. Khalid Al Rashed, deeming the case to constitute arbitrary detention and calling on the Saudi government to remedy this situation. 

Alkarama had submitted the case of Mr. Khalid bin Muhammad Al Rashed, detained at Al Ha’ir prison in Riyadh, to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on 30 April 2006.

Alkarama for Human Rights, 3 July 2007

Alkarama for Human Rights has sent a letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Louise Arbour, asking her to intervene urgently in the case of Dr. bin Zair. (See also the communiqué of 9 June 2007.)

Dr. Said bin Mubarak bin Zair was arrested on 6 June 2007 at the entrance to Riyadh as he drove back from Mecca with his son Mubarak bin Zair. He is currently being detained without trial at Al-Alisha prison near Riyadh.

Alkarama for Human Rights, 25 June 2007

Alkarama for Human Rights has just learned that the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion on 8 May 2007 about the detention of Mr. Faiz bin Abdelmohsen Al Qaid.  It judges it to constitute arbitrary detention and demands that the Saudi government remedy this situation.