Libya

The undersigned human rights organisations strongly condemn the abduction and enforced disappearance of Egyptian political opposition figure, engineer Mahmoud Mohamed FATHI, President of the Al-Fadila Party and founder of the Al-Umma movement, and his wife, Ms Hoda Mohamed Anwar, following their lawful entry into Libyan territory. They express their deep concern for their lives and physical integrity, amid conflicting and unverified reports regarding their fate. 

Circumstances of the Abduction 

On 7 October 2026, Alkarama submitted an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, denouncing the gravity of the situation in eastern Libya. Alkarama is drawing the attention of UN human rights protection mechanisms to the growing number of arbitrary executions handed down by exceptional military courts operating under the de facto authority of Khalifa Haftar.  

Alkarama has urgently submitted to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) the case of Mahmoud Fathi, an Egyptian national, and his wife Huda Anwar, who have been missing since they were abducted in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, on 19 July 2026.