Iraqi student forcibly disappeared in Baghdad since July 28, 2015
Name(s):
Laith Saad Issa Anzi
Status:
Disappeared
Year of birth:
1998
Profession:
Student
Nationality:
Iraqi
Date of arrest:
On July 28, 2015, Laith Anzi was on his way to sit for an exam at his religious school in Baghdad. He was talking with his parents over the phone at a checkpoint controlled by the Federal Police at Al Saydiya when the communication was suddenly interrupted. Since then, there has been no information regarding Anzi’s fate and whereabouts.
On July 28 2015, LaithAnzi was on his way to his religious school, in Baghdad, to sit for an exam. At 11 am, while he was talking with his parents over the phone, Anzi informed them that he was at a checkpoint controlled by the Federal Police at Al Saydiya. He was then notified that he needed a sponsor in order to go through and enter Baghdad. He was on the phone with his parents for one hour until the phone line was cut off afterwards. Since then, there has been no information regarding his fate and whereabouts.
On August 1, 2015, Anzi’s family submitted a complaint regarding his abduction at the Al Saydiya Police Station, but to no avail. In 2015, 2016, 2017, and in September of 2019, his family looked for his name in the lists of detainees in Baghdad and Muthana Airports prisons as well as at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, but to no avail.
On October6, 2020,MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the Urgent Intervention of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
| Name(s): |
Laith Saad Issa Anzi
|
| Status: |
Disappeared
|
| Year of birth: |
1998
|
| Profession: |
Student
|
| Nationality: |
Iraqi
|
| Date of arrest: |
|
On July 28 2015, LaithAnzi was on his way to his religious school, in Baghdad, to sit for an exam. At 11 am, while he was talking with his parents over the phone, Anzi informed them that he was at a checkpoint controlled by the Federal Police at Al Saydiya. He was then notified that he needed a sponsor in order to go through and enter Baghdad. He was on the phone with his parents for one hour until the phone line was cut off afterwards. Since then, there has been no information regarding his fate and whereabouts.
On August 1, 2015, Anzi’s family submitted a complaint regarding his abduction at the Al Saydiya Police Station, but to no avail. In 2015, 2016, 2017, and in September of 2019, his family looked for his name in the lists of detainees in Baghdad and Muthana Airports prisons as well as at the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, but to no avail.
On October6, 2020,MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the Urgent Intervention of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.