Ait Melloul (Morocco), Spt 11, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoner Yahia Mohamed el Hafed Izza has begun on Monday an open-ended hunger strike to drew attention to the arbitrary arrest that targeted him and call for fair trail, said statement of Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).
The Sahrawi political prisoner has been jailed at solitary confinement in the Moroccan prison of Ait Melloul since 2008.
Yahia Mohamed is protesting harassment and mistreatment carried out against him, demanding his internationally guaranteed rights.
Izza , member of Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA), was arrested on March 01, 2008 following his participation in peaceful protest calling for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination . he has been sentenced to 15 in prison. (SPS)
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