The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented an escalation in cases of arbitrary arrest and enforced disappearance targeting civilians in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, amid complaints regarding the detention of […]
Based on documented information submitted by the EFHR, a group of UN experts issued an official communication to the Egyptian government on 24 December 2025 (Ref. AL EGY 8/2025), expressing grave concern over the arrest of at dozens of individuals during and after peaceful demonstrations in October 2023 in solidarity …
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested in Lebanon on 28 December 2024 and forcibly extradited to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) …
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested in Lebanon on 28 December 2024 and forcibly extradited to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) …
At least 40 Egyptian citizens have been imprisoned by the State Security Prosecution after being unlawfully held incommunicado at National Security headquarters. Many among them were disappeared for prolonged periods of over three years, constituting a glaring refutation of the authorities’ repeated denial of the incr…
At least 40 Egyptian citizens have been imprisoned by the State Security Prosecution after being unlawfully held incommunicado at National Security headquarters. Many among them were disappeared for prolonged periods of over three years, constituting a glaring refutation of the authorities’ repeated denial of the incr…
o Stop Enforced Disappearance [1] It is a campaign launched by the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) on August 30, 2015 in conjunction with the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, with the aim of spreading awareness of the seriousness of the crime on Egyptian society, the need to s…
Iraqis hold up portraits of missing relatives who were held captive by Islamic State (IS) group fighters, during a demonstration in the eastern part of the northern city of Mosul on April 13, 2018. (WALEED AL-KHALID/AFP via Getty Images) Security & Conflict Law & Accountability Protection for Victims of Enforced Disap…
A bus displays photographs of missing Syrians as it arrives for a demonstration by 'Families for Freedom' in Parliament Square on October 11, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) TIMEP Calls for Action to Address Enforced Disappearances and Impunity Across MENA On August 30, the International Da…
The Egyptian authorities have committed shocking violations against children since 2013, with at least six tortured in custody and 12 subjected to enforced disappearances since 2015, according to new findings published by Amnesty International toda