Ali Isa Jasim was a 15 year old high school student when he was arrested without a warrant along with other young boys by officers in civilian clothing. He was subjected to enforced disappearance for a week and denied contact with his family. At only 15 years of age, he was one of 51 individuals subjected to a mass trail which was marred with forced disappearances, torture, and fair trial violations.

On 13 November 2019, Ali was out of the house to purchase personal items and was on a Whatsapp call with his mother when the line cut at 8:26 PM when he was ambushed along with the group of young people he was with by masked civilian officers, armed forces, and riot police who arrested the group.  The family did not receive any calls from any entity requesting their son be brought before an official body, and they did not receive any summons and subpoenas. He was not wanted and is not politically active as he was only a high school student at the time.

At 1:00 AM, Ali called his family to let them know he was being held at the Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID). The next day, his family visited the CID to confirm this, but officials denied them that information.  It was not until a week later that Ali called and confirmed to his family that he was there and asked for clothes while sounding very confused and flustered.

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