Detención de un menor y varios jóvenes saharauis en El Aaiun, Sahara Occidental
Secretaría de CODESA Colectivo de Defensores de Derechos Humanos Saharauis El Aaiun, Sahara Occidental.
Detención de un menor y varios jóvenes saharauis en El Aaiun, Sahara Occidental
Las autoridades marroquíes en El Aaiun, Sahara Occidental, han impuesto un estricto control policial en diferentes distritos, calles e institutos, que están en plenos exámenes finales. Esto está afectando negativamente en los estudiantes que se enfrentan a sus exámenes en unas difíciles condiciones de estrés.
Los menores y jóvenes saharauis están sufriendo las intervenciones de la policía marroquí en los colegios, se les arresta y tortura en diferentes lugares, especialmente en las furgonetas de la policía. Varios de estos estudiantes se han visto privados de hacer sus exámenes. Es el caso de Mohamed Boutabbaa, de 17 años. Boutabbaa fue detenido, pasó cinco días en un centro de la policía judicial siendo interrogado, y después llevado a la Cárcel Negra de El Aaiun. La causa fue su participación en manifestaciones independentistas.
Salah Eddine Achraf, de 14 años, y Ahmad Chtouqui, de 11 años, fueron también detenidos por agentes de la policía judicial. Fueron interrogados durante 8 horas. Afirmaron que habían sido golpeados y sometidos a tratos inhumanos.
El joven saharaui, Ali Tawbbali, de 20 años, fue detenido el 14 de junio de 2007. pasó 24 horas en el centro de policía judicial en El Aaiun, donde fue duramente golpeado en varias partes de su cuerpo. Resultó herido en la espalda, rodillas, oídos y ojos.
CODESA resalta el aumento de las detenciones contra los menores y jóvenes saharauis, especialmente en los dos últimos meses. También destaca la presión que realizan las autoridades marroquíes sobre estos jóvenes y sus familias para que no denuncien estas violaciones. Les amenazan para que no relaten sus testimonios o contacten con las asociaciones de defensa de los derechos humanos ni publiquen las fotos de sus torturas en Internet.
Tres presos políticos saharauis se enfrentan mañana a un juicio en el Tribunal de Apelación de El Aaiun
Mañana martes 26 de junio de 2007 tres presos políticos saharauis se enfrentan a un juicio en el Tribunal de Apelación de El Aaiun, capital del Sahara Occidental.
Los tres presos políticos son Yahdih Ettarruzi, activista saharaui de derechos humanos y miembro de CODESA, que fue detenido el pasado 13 de septiembre por policía secreta en Tantan, sur de Marruecos. El 17 de mayo fue sentenciado a un año de presión por el Tribunal de El Aaiun, por su participación en manifestaciones a favor de la independencia en mayo de 2005.
El segundo preso político y miembro de CODESA, Luali Amaidan, detenido de nuevo en octubre de 2006, sólo seis meses después de haber sido puesto en libertad. La razón fue su participación en manifestaciones pro independentistas en agosto de 2005 en El Aaiun.
El tercer preso político, Bachri Ben Taleb, fue detenido por las mismas razones a finales de septiembre de 2006.
Tanto Luali como Bachri fueron condenados a 5 años de prisión el 17 de mayo de 2007 por el Tribunal de Apelación de El Aaiun.
Se espera que varios observadores internacionales estén presentes en el juicio, que ha sido retrasado dos veces a petición de los abogados saharauis de la defensa
English
The CODESA Secretariat
El Ayun, Western Sahara,
June 25th, 2007.
News from the CODESA (1)
The Arrest of minor children and young Sahrawis in El Ayun, Western Sahara:
The Moroccan authorities in El Ayun, Western Sahara are imposing a strict police control on different districts, streets and educational institutions that are hosting the end-of-year examinations. This has negatively affected the students who take their exams in difficult stressful conditions.The Sahrawi minors and teenagers have been suffering greatly from the Moroccan police interventions at schools, their arrest and torture in different places, especially in the police vans. Some of these students were deprived of taking their exams. The case of Mohamed Boutabbaa, 17 years old is a good example. Boutabaa was arrested, spent five days being interrogated at the judicial police center, and then put in the Black Jail in El Ayun, Western Sahara. The reason was his participation in pro-independence demonstrations.Salah Eddine Achraf, 14 years old, and Ahmad Chtouqui, 11 years old, were also arrested by some judicial police agents. They were interrogated for a period ranging from 04 to 08 hours. They allege that they were subject to beating and inhuman treatment.The Sahrawi young citizen, Ali Tawbbali, 20 years old, was arrested on June 14th, 2007. He spent 24 hours in the judicial police center in El Ayun, where he was severely beaten on all his body´s parts. This resulted in injuries on his back, knees, ears and eyes.The CODESA notices with great concern the increase of political detention among the Sahrawi minors and young people, especially these two late months. It also remarks the Moroccan authorities´ pressure on these children and their families not to unveil these violations. They warn them not to write complaints or contact the human rights associations or publish their pictures of torture on newspapers and the web.
El Ayun, Western Sahara,
June 25th, 2007.
News from the CODESA (1)
The Arrest of minor children and young Sahrawis in El Ayun, Western Sahara:
The Moroccan authorities in El Ayun, Western Sahara are imposing a strict police control on different districts, streets and educational institutions that are hosting the end-of-year examinations. This has negatively affected the students who take their exams in difficult stressful conditions.The Sahrawi minors and teenagers have been suffering greatly from the Moroccan police interventions at schools, their arrest and torture in different places, especially in the police vans. Some of these students were deprived of taking their exams. The case of Mohamed Boutabbaa, 17 years old is a good example. Boutabaa was arrested, spent five days being interrogated at the judicial police center, and then put in the Black Jail in El Ayun, Western Sahara. The reason was his participation in pro-independence demonstrations.Salah Eddine Achraf, 14 years old, and Ahmad Chtouqui, 11 years old, were also arrested by some judicial police agents. They were interrogated for a period ranging from 04 to 08 hours. They allege that they were subject to beating and inhuman treatment.The Sahrawi young citizen, Ali Tawbbali, 20 years old, was arrested on June 14th, 2007. He spent 24 hours in the judicial police center in El Ayun, where he was severely beaten on all his body´s parts. This resulted in injuries on his back, knees, ears and eyes.The CODESA notices with great concern the increase of political detention among the Sahrawi minors and young people, especially these two late months. It also remarks the Moroccan authorities´ pressure on these children and their families not to unveil these violations. They warn them not to write complaints or contact the human rights associations or publish their pictures of torture on newspapers and the web.
Three Sahrawi political prisoners will be tried tomorrow in the Court of Appeal in El Ayun, Western Sahara
On Tuesday, June 26, 2007, three Sahrawi political prisoners will face trial in the Court of Appeal in El Ayun, the capital of Western Sahara. The three prisoners are Yahdih Ettarrouzi, the Sahrawi human rights activist and member of the CODESA, who was arrested on September 13th, 2007 by secret police agents in Tantan, south of Morocco.On April 17th, 2007, he was sentenced to one year and a half of imprisonment in the court of El Ayun, Western Sahara, for his participation in the pro-independence demonstrations on May 25th, 2005.The second is the political prisoner, and member of the CODESA, Elwali Amidane arrested in mid-October, 2006, only six months after his release. The reason is his participation in the pro-independence demonstrations in August 2005 in El Ayun.The third is the politcal prisoner, Bachri Ben Taleb, who was arrested for the same reasons in late September 2006.Both Elwali and Bachri were sentenced to 05 years imprisonment on May 17th, 2007 by the Court of Appeal in El Ayun.It is expected that some international observers will attend the trial sessions that were delayed twice as desired by the defence Sahrawi lawyers.
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