Iraqi high school student Abdullah Al Abbasi disappeared since 2006
Name(s):
Abdullah Abdulkareem Dawood Owaid Al Abbasi
Status:
Disappeared
Year of birth:
1988
Profession:
High school student at the time of his disappearance
Nationality:
Iraqi
Date of arrest:
Abdullah Al Abbasi, a high school student at the time, was abducted on April 20, 2006, by Iraqi Army forces at the Al-Tarbiya bookshop in Baghdad. His fate and whereabouts have remained unknown since.
On April 20, 2006, high school student Al Abbasi was shopping for stationery and books at the Al-Tarbiya bookshop, in Baghdad, when Iraqi Army forces raided the establishment. Al Abbasi was arrested alongside an employee of the bookshop. They were both forced into a military car and driven to an unknown destination. Since that day, Al Abbasi’s fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
On the day of his arrest, Al Abbasi’s family reported his disappearance to the Al Maydan police station in Baghdad, but to no avail. Six months later, Al Abassi’s family reported his disappearance to the Iraqi Human Rights Parliamentary and the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights, again, to no avail.
On July 27, 2022, MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
| Name(s): |
Abdullah Abdulkareem Dawood Owaid Al Abbasi
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| Status: |
Disappeared
|
| Year of birth: |
1988
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| Profession: |
High school student at the time of his disappearance
|
| Nationality: |
Iraqi
|
| Date of arrest: |
|
On April 20, 2006, high school student Al Abbasi was shopping for stationery and books at the Al-Tarbiya bookshop, in Baghdad, when Iraqi Army forces raided the establishment. Al Abbasi was arrested alongside an employee of the bookshop. They were both forced into a military car and driven to an unknown destination. Since that day, Al Abbasi’s fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
On the day of his arrest, Al Abbasi’s family reported his disappearance to the Al Maydan police station in Baghdad, but to no avail. Six months later, Al Abassi’s family reported his disappearance to the Iraqi Human Rights Parliamentary and the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights, again, to no avail.
On July 27, 2022, MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances.
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