UN Denounces Torture of Saharawi Detainees by Moroccan Authorities
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GENEVA – The UN Committee against Torture has once again found that Morocco violated the rights of Saharawi detainees linked to the Gdeim Izik camp protest in Western Sahara, and states that 10 similar cases examined to date point to “a consistent pattern of arbitrary detention, isolation, torture or ill-treatment during interrogations and the subsequent use of confessions obtained under duress in judicial proceedings.” The Committee today publi…
Brutal beatings, threats of rape, food deprivation or cigarette burns are some of the tortures reported by Sahrawi prisoners and noted by the UN Committee against Torture. The abuses were committed by the Moroccan authorities against the detainees following the eviction of Gdeim Izik camp in occupied Western Sahara. “Unfortunately, these are not isolated cases, but they show a structural problem in Morocco’s handling of Gdeim Izik cases,” said C…
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