Alkarama sent urgent appeals to the Working group on enforced or involuntary disappearances (WGEID) on 14 December 2010 for Mr Tayane, and on 16 December for Mr Daftare and Mr Azzame in the hopes of receiving information regarding their whereabouts. Requests have also been made for their release and/or appearance before a judge.

Alkarama has reason to believe that all three disappearances are linked to a wide-spread campaign of repression. All the arrests were conducted under similar circumstances - the victims were not shown an arrest warrant and they were all taken to an unknown location.

Following the disappearances, their families immediately contacted the local police, as well as other police stations in Mohammedia, in order to get any information regarding the motives for their arrests.

Yet all efforts were to no avail - the authorities continue to deny the three men's detention and refuse to inform the families of their whereabouts. All three victims are being held beyond the 12 day legal custody period and are at risk of being tortured.

Needless to say, during the WGEID's last official visit to Morocco between 22 and 25 June 2010, in its (A/HRC/13/31/Add.1) 9 February 2010 report, officials emphasized the fact that arrests, abductions and arbitrary detention were occurring without the victims having access to a lawyer and without families being informed. Most cases were justified mainly under the pretext of the "fight against terrorism".

Several dozens of victims are reported to be missing and local human rights NGOs have expressed their concerns regarding the recent rise of enforced disappearances since September 2010. Despite the official complaints and attempts by the families of these men, their fate remains uncertain.