Western Sahara: Human rights defenders Brahim Sabbar and Ahmed Sbai detained in Laâyoune Civil ‘Black Prison’.
Human rights defenders Brahim Sabbar and Ahmed Sbai are currently detained in the Laâyoune Civil ‘Black Prison’. Brahim Sabbar and Ahmed Sbai are are members of the Saharoui Association of Victims of Grave Violations Committed by Morocco (ASVDH) which documents abuses committed by Moroccan authorities in Western Sahara. On 6 March 2007, they were sentenced to one year in prison by a court in Laayoune. Their appeal has been repeatedly postponed.
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Posted 18/11/2007 On 19 January 2007, Brahim Sabbar had his leg broken during an attack by police from the Mobile Intervention Forces on the cell that he was sharing with Ahmed Sbai and sixteen other political prisoners.He was refused access to medical treatment and denied his visitation rights and his right to make phone calls. He is reportedly still being subjected to harassment and ill-treatment. Both men were arrested shortly after the ASVDH published a report detailing arbitrary arrests, torture and ill-treatment in Western Sahara.
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