Detention of young Sahrawi Mahjouba, 'another example of human rights abuse' in Tindouf camps: former UNESCO DG
Madrid - The "detention" since last summer by the Polisario of the young Sahrawi woman Mahjouba Mohamed Hamdidaf is a "new example of human rights abuses" in the Tindouf camps, former director-general the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Federico Mayor Zaragoza said.
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"This is indeed a new example of abuses against most basic human rights" in the Algeria-based camps, the former UN official (1987-1999) told MAP, voicing his "concern" about the situation of the 23-year young woman held against her will and who received death threats in case she attempts to escape the camps.
The detention of Mahjouba has just bring into the limelight a "case of slavery", lamented Federico Mayor also former Spanish minister of Education and Science (1981).
The case of this young Sahrawi woman, which was submitted to the UN special rapporteur on violence against women triggered off a large campaign of support urging the immediate release of Mahjouba.
The platform has already issued a manifesto signed by over 4,000 people and submitted it to the Spanish foreign affairs ministry.
According to the newly-created body, Mahjouba is detained against her will and being watched 24/7. It also said that the woman received death threats in case she attempted to escape.
Faced with this situation, the captive woman sent an SOS to the international community to help free her and help her join her adoptive family in Valencia, it added.
Mahjouba, who has been working for the London-based "Marie Curie Foundation Care" and intended to pursue her studies in the British capital, visited last summer the camps of Tindouf in order to see her biological parents. Once she arrived there, she was stripped of her passport and money to prevent her from returning to Europe as scheduled on Aug. 18.
The Spanish foreign affairs ministry is taking the necessary steps to solve this problem, meanwhile, the province of Valencia decided to suspend all agreements and aids for the polisario until the affair is resolved.
Moroccan and Spanish associations as well as political parties' sections in Catalonia (north-eastern Spain) called to stage demonstrations to protest against detaining.
The detention of Mahjouba has just bring into the limelight a "case of slavery", lamented Federico Mayor also former Spanish minister of Education and Science (1981).
The case of this young Sahrawi woman, which was submitted to the UN special rapporteur on violence against women triggered off a large campaign of support urging the immediate release of Mahjouba.
The platform has already issued a manifesto signed by over 4,000 people and submitted it to the Spanish foreign affairs ministry.
According to the newly-created body, Mahjouba is detained against her will and being watched 24/7. It also said that the woman received death threats in case she attempted to escape.
Faced with this situation, the captive woman sent an SOS to the international community to help free her and help her join her adoptive family in Valencia, it added.
Mahjouba, who has been working for the London-based "Marie Curie Foundation Care" and intended to pursue her studies in the British capital, visited last summer the camps of Tindouf in order to see her biological parents. Once she arrived there, she was stripped of her passport and money to prevent her from returning to Europe as scheduled on Aug. 18.
The Spanish foreign affairs ministry is taking the necessary steps to solve this problem, meanwhile, the province of Valencia decided to suspend all agreements and aids for the polisario until the affair is resolved.
Moroccan and Spanish associations as well as political parties' sections in Catalonia (north-eastern Spain) called to stage demonstrations to protest against detaining.
Source : https://www.emouaten.com/english/Detention-of-youn...