Mr Siraj was held incommunicado detention during the first four months following his arrest, during which he was subjected to severe acts of torture and other ill-treatments. Furthermore, Mr Siraj was prohibited from contacting a lawyer at the time of his arrest and to the present. He has not been presented before a judge or magistrate nor has he even been formally charged. In protest at these conditions, Mr Siraj has begun a number of hunger strikes, the last one on 8 May 2011, but no result has come of this to date.

Due to the unfair nature of his detention, Alkarama submitted Mr Siraj's case, on 17 June 2011, to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention with a copy to the Special Rapporteur on Torture. Alkarama especially request the Working Group issue an Opinion regarding the arbitrary character of Mr Siraj's detention, by finding that it is without legal basis and not in accordance with international fair trial norms.