On 13 December 2015, journalist Taysir Hasan Mahmoud Salman was arrested by police forces at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Abu Dhabi and taken to an unknown location. Almost two months later, he remains disappeared. In view of these facts, on 4 February 2016, Alkarama sent Taysir's case to the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), hoping that this United Nations Special Procedure for the protection of human rights will help shed light on his fate and whereabouts.

On 2 February 2016, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on minority issues (SR Minority), Rita Izsák-Ndiaye, asking her to call upon the Emirati authorities not to deport two Chinese citizens from the Uyghur Muslim Community, who could face the death penalty back in their country. Arrested in the United Arab Emirates in between June and July 2008 for their alleged involvement in terrorist acts, both men, who are to be released on 13 April 2016, face deportation to China, where they are likely to be retried and could be sentenced to death.

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) recently adopted Opinion No. 51/2015, which recognises the arbitrary character of the detentions of Salim Alaradi and four other Libyan citizens, and requests the Emirati authorities to release them immediately. Almost two months later, however, the five men remain detained. While welcoming the WGAD Opinion, Alkarama is extremely concerned over their fate, especially after their recent appearance before the State Security Chamber in the Federal Supreme Court, where they were accused of terrorism-related charges.

Alkarama welcomes the selection, on 6 October 2015, of Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor as laureate of the 2015 Martin Ennals Award in recognition of his work providing credible and independent assessment of the human rights situation in the country.