Iraqi grocery store owner disappeared since May 2017
Name(s):
Monzer Al Mehdawi
Status:
Disappeared
Year of birth:
1970
Profession:
Grocery store owner
Nationality:
Iraqi
Date of arrest:
In May 2017, Monzer Al Mehdawi was abducted by members of the Iraqi military while working at his Grocery store in the Dayala governorate in Iraq. Despite his family’s efforts to locate and enquire about him, his fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
On May 12, 2017, while Monzer Al Mehdawi was working at his grocery store, unidentified members of the military, wearing uniforms, approached him and abducted him, before taking him to an unknown location. Al Mehdawi was last seen by one of his clients, who was at his store at the time of his arrest and witnessed his abduction.
Due to the uniforms worn by the perpetrators, Al Mehdawi’s family believe that he was abducted by members of the Iraqi army.
Though Al Mehdawi’s family submitted a complaint regarding his abduction to the Khanaqin police station, they were unable to gain any information regarding his fate and whereabouts. From 2017 to 2019, Al Mehdawi’s family enquired about his whereabouts at Muthanna Airport Prison and Baghdad Airport Prison, but to no avail.
On August 19, 2020, MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the urgent intervention of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
| Name(s): |
Monzer Al Mehdawi
|
| Status: |
Disappeared
|
| Year of birth: |
1970
|
| Profession: |
Grocery store owner
|
| Nationality: |
Iraqi
|
| Date of arrest: |
|
On May 12, 2017, while Monzer Al Mehdawi was working at his grocery store, unidentified members of the military, wearing uniforms, approached him and abducted him, before taking him to an unknown location. Al Mehdawi was last seen by one of his clients, who was at his store at the time of his arrest and witnessed his abduction.
Due to the uniforms worn by the perpetrators, Al Mehdawi’s family believe that he was abducted by members of the Iraqi army.
Though Al Mehdawi’s family submitted a complaint regarding his abduction to the Khanaqin police station, they were unable to gain any information regarding his fate and whereabouts. From 2017 to 2019, Al Mehdawi’s family enquired about his whereabouts at Muthanna Airport Prison and Baghdad Airport Prison, but to no avail.
On August 19, 2020, MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the urgent intervention of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
