On 29 June 2015, Alkarama sent a request for Opinion to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) regarding the case of Salim Alaradi, a Libyan-Canadian businessman, father of five, who was arrested by Emirati Security Service officers while on vacation with his family in Dubai. After his arrest, on 28 August 2014, Alaradi was transferred to an unknown location, where he was detained incommunicado and severely tortured for 130 days.