Moroccan police detain, abuse young Sahrawi woman and young child
11/03/2010 | Newsletter
Ngaya El-Haouassi
Moroccan police unlawfully detained Ngaya El-Haouassi, a Saharawi student, on a street in El-Aaiun yesterday, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. They forced her into a patrol car and headed towards the outskirts of the city. There they subjected her to questioning about her involvement in the events in the city of El-Aaiun, Tuesday and Wednesday.
According to Ngaya El-Haouassi (age 19) she was initially followed in the street by the police around 22:20 after visiting one of her fiends wounded in the demonstrations.
She unsuccessfully tried to take refuge in the house of fellow Sahrawi citizen.
She was detained and taken to the northern suburbs of the city, near the Oued Saguia El-Hamra river, where she was been abused under the supervision of Abdul Aziz Anoush (called ‘Touhima’) and Khaled Barka. These two Moroccan officers have involved in a series of violations of tens of Saharawi citizens since 2005.
She was let go at 00:00.
According to the child’s mother, Mrs. Saaida Moussaoui, who met with ASVDH, her son, Rguibi Baba, was beaten by a Moroccan patrol, who did not take into account his young age.
His mother appealed to everyone’s conscience in the world to force the Moroccan government to cease its violations of human rights, to impose security for the Sahrawi people and to lift the siege imposed against international news media in Western Sahara.
El-Aiun Western Sahara
11 March 2010
