Arriving in Iraq in the hope to find a job in the context of efforts to rebuild the country, Mr Shawki Ahmed Omar was arrested in Baghdad in 2004. At the time subjected to severe torture and subsequently imprisoned after a grossly unfair trial, he remains in detention until this day. When Alkarama was informed that he was again severely beaten in November and December 2012, we informed the Special Rapporteur on Torture about his case on 30 January 2013. Concerns for his physical and mental integrity run again high after we learned that, three days ago, he was taken away from his cell and his current whereabouts remain uncertain.






















