Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06RABAT2252
2006-12-13 15:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Embassy Rabat
Cable title:  

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY

Tags:  PGOV PHUM PBTS MO 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 002252 

SIPDIS

NOFORN
SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/MAG, DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2016
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY
POLICE

REF: A. RABAT 00616


B. RABAT 01983

Classified By: Classified by Political Counselor Craig Karp for reasons
1.4 (b) and (d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 002252

SIPDIS

NOFORN
SIPDIS

STATE FOR NEA/MAG, DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/11/2016
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY
POLICE

REF: A. RABAT 00616


B. RABAT 01983

Classified By: Classified by Political Counselor Craig Karp for reasons
1.4 (b) and (d)


1. (SBU) To commemorate International Human Rights Day, the
Sahrawi Association for Grave Human Rights Abuses (ASVDH),
held a sit-in in Laayoune on December 10. The ASVDH stated
that they had received the appropriate Government of Morocco
(GOM) approvals, i.e., notification of an event 48 hours in
advance, prior to the approximately seventy individuals
participating in the demonstration.


2. (SBU) According to the December 11 ASVDH daily
newsletter, Brahim Dahane (president),Elghalia Djimi (vice
president),Hmad Hammad (activist) and Mohamed Saleh Daillal
(member of ASVDH) were beaten. The ASVDH believes that these
members were intentionally attacked by the police. Several
were arrested but subsequently released. Unconfirmed press
reports indicate that the police charged the demonstrators
when they unfurled Polisario flags.


3. (C/NOFORN) In telephone calls to the polcouns the evening
of December 10, Dahan and other human rights activists
informed him that the police (Surete-Intervention Rapide)
beat some of the demonstrators and approximately six were
arrested. They alleged that Surete officers Bahri Hamid and
Ischi Abu Hassan were among those doing the beating.


4. (C) The Sahrawi activists called back December 11 to
report that while injuries were enough to require medical
attention, no one was hospitalized and no one remained under
care. They also conveyed that Dahan's home, among others,
had been circled by police, who were checking visitors.


5. (C) We plan to raise our concern about this with the
authorities.





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