Sajjad Al-Iraqi (Al-Mushrifawi)
Sajjad Al-Iraqi (Al-Mushrifawi) is an Iraqi civil society activist. He is well-known for his participation in sit-ins in Nasiriyah, and used social media to express his views in support of the popular movement and against corruption. On 19 September 2020, he was kidnapped by seven armed people in two white Toyota pickups with unknown licence plate numbers, in the Al-Azirj area on the outskirts of Nasiriyah. As of August 2024, his fate is still unknown. Since his disappearance, he has become a symbol of the popular movement in Dhi Qar Governorate. On 16 March 2023, the Dhi Qar Criminal Court issued an in absentia death sentence by hanging against two of those convicted of kidnapping him, without providing details about the evidence used by the court, or the armed groups involved in his kidnapping.
On 12 January 2026, the Dhi Qar Criminal Court ordered the release of the two men accused of kidnapping Sajjad Al-Iraqi (Al-Mushrifawi). They are Ahmed Mohamed Al-Ibrahimi and Idris Kridi Al-Hassari, against whom the same court had previously issued a death sentence in absentia on 16 March 2023, after convicting them of kidnapping him, without any details at the time about the armed groups involved in the operation. They subsequently surrendered to the competent authorities after an international arrest warrant was issued against them. The court then retried them in person and decided to release them due to insufficient evidence.
Details
- Name Sajjad Al-Iraqi (Al-Mushrifawi)
- Country : Iraq
- City : Nasiriyah
- Gender Male
- Profession Civil society activist Violations
- Enforced disappearance Kidnapped
- Status Missing



