Abdel Jalil Laaroussi, Saharawi political prisoner of the Gdeim Izik group ends today a ten day long hunger strike in the jail of Okasha, Casablanca. The demand of Mr. Laaroussi is the transfer to another prison. Abdel Jalil Laaroussi is…
Sahrawi political prisoner Mohamed Mbarek Lefkir of the Gdeim Izik group was subjected to physical and psychological torture last Monday, December 25, by the guards of Ait Melloul prison where he has been detained since 16 September. Lefkir was to…
On the 20th December 2017, Mohamed Ayoubi, Saharawi from the group of Gdeim Izik was sentenced to 20 years in prison by the court of appeal in Sale, Rabat. The case of Mohammed Ayoubi had been separated from the proceedings…
In the question addressed to the Government (through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) by MP Carla Cruz, from the Parliamentary Group of the PCP, on the “Situation of Saharawi political prisoners”, the PCP questions the government if it has knowledge…
Brahim Ismaili was transferred today to the prison of Ait Melloul, Morocco. The human rights activist and member of the Gdeim Izik Group had held a 36-day hunger strike, demanding the transfer from Tiflet 2 prison to a prison closer…
Testimony of Ahmed Sbaai human rights defender and Saharawi political prisoner (Gdeim Izik Group) about the ten days spent in a toilet of the Kenitra central prison. As the world was preparing to commemorate the International Day of Human Rights,…
Tone Sørfonn Moe, Norwegian observer was expelled today at 12h50 local time from El Aaiun, capital of the non-self governing territory Western Sahara by the Moroccan authorities. Tone is a Norwegian law student, and was an international observer at the…
The family of the political prisoner Abdallahi Abbahah denounced today the torture that this Saharawi activist has been submitted to since 4 December. Ten days ago Sidi Abdallahi Abbahah and Ahmed Sbaai, two of Gdeim Izik’s detainees detained in Kenitra…
The trial session of the appeal process of thr group of 15 Saharawi students detained in the Marrakesh prison, was adjourned. The session, which began several hours late, served only to inform that the trial would be postponed to 16…
Amnesty International joins the denunciations and appeals made by various international organizations and NGOs demanding the protection of the Saharawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group. Amnisitía Internacional puts the spotlight on the case of prisoner Abdeljalil Laaroussi who,…
According to Malika Ismaili, her father contacted her yesterday by phone who told her that he had suspended his hunger strike and that the Moroccan authorities promised to meet his demands. Brahim Ismaili, Saharawi political prisoner of the Gdeim Izik…
In a letter promoted by Paloma Lopéz from the United Left, sent today to the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security, Frederica Mogherini, MEPs from Spain, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK urge the European…
According to information from the family of Sidi Abdallahi Abbahah the Kenitra prison administration placed Abdallahi Abbahah and Ahmed Sbaai in an isolation cell without clothes or blankets, having been tortured since yesterday 4 of December. Ahmed Sbaai suffers from…
United Nations – New York Mr. Colin Stewart of Canada – Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of…
