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MOROCCO: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF YIDIRESI AISHAN

ILAAD urges the Government of Morocco to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 20/2025 concerning Yidiresi Aishan.

Apr 14 min read

TUNISIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF PROSECUTOR BECHIR AKREMI

ILAAD urges the Government of Tunisia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 02/2025 concerning Bechir Akremi.

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

SAUDI ARABIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF FIVE SHIAA SAUDI NATIONALS

ILAAD urges Saudi Arabia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 71/2024 concerning five of its nationals.

Nov 11, 20246 min read

TUNISIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF 8 POLITICAL ACTIVISTS

ILAAD urges Tunisia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WAGD Opinion No. 35/2024 concerning eight of its nationals.

Aug 26, 20245 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

EGYPT: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF SALWA HASSAN SALEM ALI

ILAAD urges Egypt to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 17/2024 concerning Salwa Hassan Salem Ali.

Mar 18, 20247 min read

SAUDI ARABIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF SHIA PROTESTOR SAUD BIN MOHAMMED BIN ALI AL-FARAJ

ILAAD urges Saudi Arabia to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 26/2024 concerning Saud Bin Mohammed Bin Ali Al-Faraj.

Mar 18, 20249 min read

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF FOUR VENEZUELAN NATIONALS

ILAAD urges the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 14/2024.

Mar 18, 20245 min read

EGYPT: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF TWO RELATIVES OF A JOURNALIST BASED ABROAD

ILAAD urges Egypt to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 70/2023 concerning Messrs. Hussein and Mohamed Abdelrazek Abdelhafez Ismail.

Nov 13, 20235 min read

ALGERIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF ABDERRAHMANE ZITOUT, RELATIVE OF A POLITICAL EXILE

ILAAD urges Algeria to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion 53/2023 concerning Abderrahmane Zitout.

Nov 13, 20236 min read

PAKISTAN : ARBITRARY DETENTION OF CHRISTIAN SHAHZAD MASIH

ILAAD urges Pakistan to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 65/2023 concerning Shahzad Masih.

Nov 13, 20237 min read

RUSSIAN FEDERATION: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF ETHNIC TATAR YAROSLAV VLADIMIROVICH TIMOFEYEV

ILAAD urges the Russian Federation to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 75/2023 concerning Yaroslav Vladimirovich Timofeyev.

Nov 13, 20236 min read

SAUDI ARABIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHT DEFENDER AWAD BIN MOHAMMED AL-QARNI

ILAAD urges Saudi Arabia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 55/2023 concerning Awad bin Mohammed al-Qarni.

Aug 29, 20235 min read

EGYPT: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF 10 MEN AS PART OF CRACKDOWN ON POLITICAL OPPOSITION

ILAAD urges Egypt to take all necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 36/2023.

Aug 28, 20235 min read

BAHRAIN: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF SIX BAHRAINI NATIONALS IN RELATION TO TERRORISM-RELATED CHARGES

ILAAD urges Bahrain to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 47/2023 concerning the six Bahraini individuals.

Aug 28, 20236 min read

SAUDI ARABIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF TWO BROTHERS DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS

ILAAD urges Saudi Arabia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 56/2023 concerning Messrs. Alodah.

Aug 28, 20236 min read

EGYPT: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF DOCTOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AYA MOHAMED IBRAHIM AL-AFIFI

ILAAD urges Egypt to take all necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 40/2023 concerning Aya Mohamed Ibrahim al-Afifi.

Aug 28, 20234 min read

CHINA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF UIGHURS NAGHMAT HAMIT, TAJINISA YIMIN AND DILIXIATI WULIBAIYI

ILAAD urges China to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 6/2023 concerning M. Hamit, Ms. Yimin and M. Wulibaiyi

Mar 27, 20235 min read

SAUDI ARABIA: ARBITRARY DETENTION OF A MOTHER AND A SON FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVITIES OF A FAMILY MEMBER

ILAAD urges Saudi Arabia to take all the necessary actions to implement the WGAD Opinion No. 17/2023 concerning Aïda and Adel al-Ghamdi.

Mar 27, 20235 min read