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VENEZUELA: RENZO HUAMANCHUMO RELEASED AFTER ARBITRARY DETENTION IN VENEZUELA

ILAAD welcomes the release of Mr. Renzo Yasir Huamanchumo Castillo, a Peruvian national who had been arbitrarily detained in Venezuela since September 2024.

Jul 182 min read

VENEZUELA : ILAAD FILES FOUR URGENT COMPLAINTS ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES

ILAAD has submitted four urgent complaints to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the ongoing cases of forced disappearances in Venezuela.

May 282 min read

AFGHANISTAN: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF FOREIGN NATIONAL RYAN CORBETT

ILAAD urges Afghanistan to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD opinion No. 11/2025 concerning Ryan Corbett.

Apr 15 min read

IRAN: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF KURDISH JINA MODARES GORJI

ILAAD urges Iran to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 15/2025 concerning Jina Modares Gorji.

Apr 16 min read

CHINA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF UIGHUR MULIZATI TAYIER

ILAAD urges China to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 10/2025 concerning Mulizati Tayier.

Apr 14 min read

BOLIVIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF GOVERNOR LUIS FERNANDO CAMACHO

ILAAD urges Bolivia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 50/2024 concerning Luis Fernando Camacho.

Nov 11, 20245 min read

MEXICO: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF MEXICAN POLICE OFFICER JUAN CARLOS TOVAR MORENO

ILAAD urges Mexico to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 55/2024 concerning Juan Carlos Tovar Moreno.

Nov 11, 20245 min read

TUNISIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF TUNISIAN POLITICIAN AND LAWYER ABIR MOUSSI

ILAAD urges Tunisia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 61/2024 concerning Abir Moussi.

Nov 11, 20245 min read

NIGER: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF PRESIDENT BAZOUM AND HIS WIFE

ILAAD urges Niger to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 56/2024 concerning Mohamed and Hadiza Bazoum.

Nov 11, 20246 min read

ISRAEL: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF PALESTINIAN STUDENT ISLAM ZAHI RASIM AL RIMAWI

ILAAD urges Israel to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 65/2024 concerning Islam Zahi Rasim Al Rimawi.

Nov 11, 20248 min read

CHINA AND DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA: ARBITRARY DETENTION AND FORCIBLE REPATRIATION OF NORTH KOREAN NATIONAL KIM CHEOL-OK

ILAAD urges China and the DPRK to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 37/2024 concerning Kim Cheol-Ok.

Aug 26, 20245 min read

MEXICO: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF INDIGENOUS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER HIGINIO BUSTOS NAVARRO

ILAAD urges Mexico to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 41/2024 concerning Higinio Bustos Navarro.

Aug 26, 20247 min read

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF 4 INDIVIDUALS

ILAAD urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 38/2024 concerning Niurka Mariana Mota Belisario, Leonardo Javier Fernández Estanga, Pedro Domingo Díaz Díaz, and Jean Pierre Pages Evans.

Aug 25, 20246 min read

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA : ARBITRARY DETENTION OF VENEZUELAN MOTHER AND SON

ILAAD urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 31/2024 concerning Argelia Margarita Infante Nares and Yoeimer Alexair Hurtado Infante.

Aug 25, 20244 min read