Riyad Al Karawi
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2019-061-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2019
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 33.223191
Longitude: 43.679291
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Iraq
- From Region
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
representative of Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly in Diwanyia
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
documentation of cases for the Working Group on Involuntary and Enforced Disappearances
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: thematic
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- November 2018; December 2018
- Reprisal information
It was further reported that in December 2018, Mr. Riyad Al Karawi, a representative of Al Wissam Humanitarian Assembly in Diwanyia, received threats and harassment in relation to the documentation of cases for the Working Group on Involuntary and Enforced Disappearances. Mr. Al Karawi also received threats and was intimidated in the context of his participation in a number of demonstrations in November and December 2018 against enforced disappearances.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- Unclear
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Further case development
Mr. Al Karawi fled Iraq at the end of 2018 for security reasons.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 1
- In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
- 2021
- Follow up information provided in SG report 0
Mr. Riyad Al Karawi has sought asylum abroad.
- Followup Trends 0
- No substantive information provided by SG report
- Did the government respond? 0
- No