Iraqi taxi driver, Ziyad Al Janabi, disappeared since November 22, 2019
Name(s):
Ziyad Al Janabi
Status:
Disappeared
Year of birth:
1987
Profession:
Taxi driver
Nationality:
Iraqi
Date of arrest:
On November 22, 2019, taxi driver Ziyad Al Janabi was reported disappeared after driving passengers to demonstrations at Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. Authorities have yet to officially disclose his fate and current whereabouts.
On November 22, 2019, Ziyad Al Janabi drove passengers to Baghdad’s Tahrir Square who were on their way to participate in demonstrations. Consequently, Al Janabi was reported disappeared and was believed to be abducted by militia for providing services to demonstrators. The following day, Al Janabi’s family filed a criminal complaint at Baghdad police station.
A rising numbers of abductions by state security forces and militias, acting with the authorisation, support, acquiescence or approval of the Iraqi Government, have recently been reported in Baghdad and are indicative of a pattern of enforced disappearances targeting peaceful anti-government demonstrators.
On January 30, 2020, MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the urgent intervention of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances. Al Janabi’s fate and whereabouts remain unknown.
| Name(s): |
Ziyad Al Janabi
|
| Status: |
Disappeared
|
| Year of birth: |
1987
|
| Profession: |
Taxi driver
|
| Nationality: |
Iraqi
|
| Date of arrest: |
|
On November 22, 2019, Ziyad Al Janabi drove passengers to Baghdad’s Tahrir Square who were on their way to participate in demonstrations. Consequently, Al Janabi was reported disappeared and was believed to be abducted by militia for providing services to demonstrators. The following day, Al Janabi’s family filed a criminal complaint at Baghdad police station.
A rising numbers of abductions by state security forces and militias, acting with the authorisation, support, acquiescence or approval of the Iraqi Government, have recently been reported in Baghdad and are indicative of a pattern of enforced disappearances targeting peaceful anti-government demonstrators.
On January 30, 2020, MENA Rights Group and the Iraqi War Crimes Documentation Center requested the urgent intervention of the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances. Al Janabi’s fate and whereabouts remain unknown.