Press ASDVH
El-Aaiun - Western Sahara, 11.08.2009
Moroccan authorities arrested this morning by Mr. Mohamed Tahlil, former political prisoner and head of section the ASVDH in Boujdour, after his return from the city of El Aaiun (Western Sahara).
access control in the north of the city, Mr. Tahlil was handcuffed and was ill-treated and beaten under the pretext that he had an arrest warrant in his name, all before was released.
recall that Mr. Tahlil, 28 years old, was arrested on two previous occasions, most recently at the border while returning from a visit to his family in Mauritania, being tortured in police stations and Dakhla Bojador before being sent to the "Black Prison" in El Aaiun, where he was sentenced to three years in prison.
The ASVDH is deeply concerned by escalating violence against the Sahrawi citizens for their political positions regarding the conflict in Western Sahara.
(Unofficial translation: Observatorio Aragones Western Sahara)
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