Alkarama for Human Rights

Italian "Extraordinary Rendition" Victim Still Held In Morocco Based On Tortured Confession

Alkarama & ACLU, 25 June 2009

Human rights groups today asked two U.N. Special Rapporteurs to investigate the case of Abou Elkassim Britel, an Italian citizen and victim of the CIA's unlawful "extraordinary rendition" program who is currently held in a Moroccan prison based on a confession coerced from him through torture. The American Civil Liberties Union and Alkarama for Human Rights requested that the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights while Countering Terrorism investigate the circumstances of Britel's forced disappearance, rendition, detention and torture, and raise his case with the governments of the United States, Morocco, Pakistan and Italy.

Syria: Disappearance Ammar Al-Suttof since 1993

Alkarama for Human Rights, 17 June 2009

Mr Ammar Al-Suttof, a nurse and a Syrian national, was mostly likely arrested by Syrian security forces in Beirut in 1993 and has since disappeared.

Egypt: A new campaign of multiple arrests in Al-Bahira governorate

Al-Karama for Human Rights, 16 June 2009

Alkarama was informed of the arrest of 25 people by agents of the Egyptian security services on 17 May 2009. All are accused of belonging to the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. All have been tortured and are being detained in Sahrawi 2 prison in Wadi Al-Natroun.

Saudi Arabia: Recommendations of UPR miss the mark for human rights defenders

Al-Karama for Human Rights, 12 June 2009

On 10 June 2009, the Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted the Working Group's report on Saudi Arabia. During their fourth session of the Universal Periodic Review (2-13 February 2009) the human rights situation in Iraq was also discussed. This document reports the findings of the representatives of States present at the meeting and their recommendations, as well as the positions of the state considered.

UAE: Abdul Rahman Al-Junahi released after being held incommunicado

Al-Karama for Human Rights, 11 June 2009

Abdul Rahman Abdul Karim Al-Junahi was released on 11 June 2009, without having been subject to any legal procedure. He was arbitrarily detained for 19 months in Saudi Arabia and then moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 24 November 2008 where he was imprisoned incommunicado.

Libya: Dr Aboussedra released, arbitrarily detained since 1989

Al-Karama for Human Rights, 10 June 2009

Alkarama learned that Dr Mohamed Hassan Aboussedra arrested in 1989, detained arbitrarily since, and twice victim of enforced disappearance, was released on 7 June 2009. He is however forbidden to leave Tripoli.

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