11 Saharawi political prisoners in preventive detention in local prison of Laayoune/ Western Sahara A group of 11 Saharawi political prisoners are still under custody in the local prison in Laayoune / Western Sahara, pending further investigation after being extended for two months in preventive detention by the judge of the Court of Appeals in the city mentioned. the real reasons for the arrest of this group which occurred between 9 May and 4 June, 2013 in the cities : Laayoune and Asmara / Western Sahara are related to the peaceful Saharawi movement who gathered in peaceful marches to demand the right of peoples to self-determination and independence, immediately after the Security Council resolution N° 2099 on Western Sahara, issued on May 25, 2013 without expanding the powers of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), according to the proposal of the United States of America (USA). In pending the submission of this group of Saharawi political prisoners to the criminal division of the Court of Appeal in Laayoune / Western Sahara, the investigating judge is questioning them on criminal charges but has not yet decided to pursue them with specific charges, despite the majority of these detainees are already in custody more than two months, as AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL demanded from Moroccan state an investigation into the allegations of torture in police stations judiciary for six of them including a minor age and considering that they had been arbitrarily detained from their homes in Laayoune / Western Sahara from 9 May, 2013. The list given below contains data for this group of Saharawi political prisoners on remand: Full Name Date and place of detention observations Mohamed Ali Asadi On May 9, 2013 in Laayoune / Western Sahara In custody pending further investigation Yassine Sidati On May 9, 2013 in Laayoune / Western Sahara Mohamed Garnit On May 9, 2013 in Laayoune / Western Sahara Aziz Hraimich On May 9, 2013 in Laayoune / Western Sahara Youssef Bouzaid On May 9, 2013 in Laayoune / Western Sahara Hossein Abah On May 9, 2013 in Laayoune / Western Sahara In custody pending further investigation, was arrested again after three days of having paroled in the same dossier Sidi Mohamed Malah On May 27, 2013 in Smara / Western Sahara In custody pending further investigation Mohamed Saloh On May 28, 2013 in Smara / Western Sahara Mahmmoud Hanoun On May 28, 2013 in Smara / Western Sahara farrah Ajwad On May 28, 2013 in Smara / Western Sahara Hamza Ajmaihi On May 28, 2013 in Smara / Western Sahara The executive bureau of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders CODESA, following the case of the arrest of a group of Saharawi political prisoners after the issuance of Resolution 2099 of the Security Council of the UN on Western Sahara, and after the departure of Saharawi civilians in Western Sahara in peaceful marches to demand self-determination and independence of the Saharawi people, declares: * Claiming to offer a fair trial Saharawi political prisoners and speedy trial or release them unconditionally. * Appealing to the Moroccan state to open an independent investigation into the allegations of torture of Sahrawi political prisoners throughout the period of detention in police stations and court in Laayoune Asmara / Western Sahara. * Assume the Moroccan state and the Security Council of the United Nations responsible for the human rights violations committed against Saharawi civilians by Moroccan authorities, due to the delay in ending the tragedy that the Saharawi people will suffer because of the absence of a fair solution that guarantees their right to self-determination and independence. * Standing on the need to provide a UN mechanism to monitor and report on the human rights situation in Western Sahara and other Moroccan officials sanction involved in committing serious human rights violations against Saharawi civilians forced annexation of Western Sahara. The executive bureau of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights CODESA Laayoune / Western Sahara, 26 July 2013
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 04:23:47 +0000
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