The sentence of Khadija Abdedayem to a suspended month imprisonment and Dissmissing her of work in Dakhla,

On January 07th, 2009, the Morroccan authorities sentenced the Sahrawi woman Khadija Abdedayem (43 years old), sister of the Sahrawi political prisoner, Mustapha Abdedayem,to a suspended month imprisonment and a fine of 500 Moroccan dirhams.
The trial attended by three Italian observers, a judge,Nicola Kuaterno, a lawyer, Francisca Dora and a lecturer, Sandra, was characterised by different violations of fair trial, according to her defense lawyer.
Khadija Abdedayem, an employee and mother of three, was also dismissed of work for her and her brother's opinions concerning the Western Sahara issue at the beginning of January 2009. The Moroccan authorities argue that the Sahrawi woman has 'humiliated an employee while performing his duty' while the reality is that she has been assaulted in different occasions for her beliefs as far as the Western Sahara issue is concerned. 'The Moroccan authorities have threatened me many times of depriving me of my salary and they still keep harassing me' she says. The head of security Almassira Circle in Dakhla, has tried to force her sign a letter denying all her opinions concerning the Western Sahara and her support to her brother's beliefs.
The Abdedayem affair started on October 27th, 2008 when Mustapha Abdedayem put down the Moroccan flag in Allal Elfasi High School where he works as a 'Surveillant Generale', an Assa, a city in the south of Morocco. After his arrest, all his family went on a 14 day hunger strike, including his father in the eighties and severely sick mother as well as Khadija in Dakhla, Western Sahara.
Mustapha has already been sentenced to three years imprisonment and a large a large sum of money as a fine.
The Codesa Executive Bureau
El Aayun, Western Sahara
January 08th, 2009.