Amier Shihabi and his older brother Hikmat have been abducted respectively on 15 April 2012 and 1 October 2012 in Aleppo. They were aged 22 and 32 at the time of their disappearance and used to both work in the sewing industry in Aleppo. Amier, who took an early part in the demonstrations in 2011, had already been arrested on 10 January 2012 and released after 15 days of detention at the occasion of which he was subjected to torture.

Members of the Yasin family were arrested on 9 and 11 March 2013 by the Syrian Military Intelligence at their home in Damascus. Rania, Abdul Rahman, Dima, Entisar, Najah, Alaa, Ahmad and Lian have been disappeared ever since... It has been over a year and their fate and whereabouts remain unknown. In December 2013, some relatives learnt through unofficial channels that they may be held at the Military Intelligence's Branch 215, the central branch of the Military Intelligence located in Damascus. On 13 March 2014, Alkarama solicited the intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances with the Syrian authorities to ensure that the relatives of the disappeared be immediately informed of the Yasin family's fate and whereabouts and that they be released or placed under the protection of the law in the shortest possible delay.

Naef Al Refai, a Syrian military judge arrested on 22 March 2012 and disappeared for two years, is currently arbitrarily detained in Sednaya Prison, near Damascus. His family, who was able to visit him for the first time on 30 March 2014, told Alkarama that Naef was in a poor health condition as he had lost about 60 kgs, his teeth were broken and he could barely walk. Extremely concerned about Naef's current situation, Alkarama solicited today the urgent intervention of the UN Working Group on arbitrary detention with the Syrian authorities to request that they put an end to his arbitrary detention and ensure that his right to life and to physical and mental integrity are respected in line with their international obligations.

Kamal Ahmad, a 29 year-old Syrian activist from Aleppo, was arrested on 12 August 2012 by members of the Air Force Intelligence Services in civilian clothes. His family has not heard from him ever since and the security services keep denying his detention. As many survivors of enforced disappearances report having been subjected to severe torture in secret detention, there are more than reasonable grounds to fear for Kamal's life and integrity. Today, Alkarama solicited the urgent intervention of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances with the Syrian authorities on his behalf. According a recent report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry, thousands of people have been disappeared by various branches of the Syrian security services since the beginning of the uprising in 2011 as part of a "widespread campaign of terror against the population".