On 6 May 2025, Alkarama submitted the case of Wael Mansour Abdeljawad Al Malki to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID).
Wael, a young Libyan sixth-form student, has been missing in Benghazi for over ten years. Wael was only 16 years old when he was abducted on 4 June 2014 in front of the Bab Al-Salam mosque, in the Al Salam district of Benghazi, by members of an armed militia affiliated with General Khalifa Haftar. No warrant was presented during this violent arrest.
Among those involved are individuals known locally: Iyad Al-Fassi, Khaled Boulghaib Al-Agouri, and Salah Boulghaib Al-Agouri.
Since that day, Wael has not been officially seen. His family, now exiled in Egypt, has been unable to initiate any legal proceedings for fear of reprisals, a frequent occurrence in eastern Libya. However, a recently released former detainee testified to having seen Wael in detention in March 2025, nearly 11 years after his disappearance. He was unable to identify the exact location but specified that it was a facility under the control of Haftar's militias.
This testimony has revived hope that Wael may still be alive, but also underscores the gravity of the ongoing human rights violations carried out with impunity.
Through this submission, Alkarama calls on the United Nations to intervene urgently to clarify Wael's fate and demand accountability from the de facto authorities in eastern Libya.
Alkarama regularly submits similar cases of enforced disappearance to UN mechanisms, particularly in eastern Libya, where armed militias continue to operate with total impunity.