London, July 23, 2014 (SPS) - The British association “Adala UK” has urged Morocco to stop the detention, maltreatment and torture of young Saharawis, adding that the perpetrators of such crimes never have to account for their actions, according to a statement obtained Wednesday by SPS.
Despite Morocco’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which covers all people under the age of 18, the statement stated that there is now an intense campaign of excessive violence by Morocco against children and young people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Through the detention and incarceration of people under 18 for suspected crimes, added the statement, Moroccan authorities are displaying total disregard for their international obligations on the subject of human rights.
Adala UK went on saying that Moroccan judges and public prosecutors don’t investigate reports of torture and other maltreatment, adding that the perpetrators never have to account for their actions.
The statement stated, on other hand, indicated that on 17 July 2014, Housine Laamash told members of AdalaUK that he was tortured, threatened with rape, forced to sign a confession and shoved by Moroccan police a urine-soaked sponge into his face whilst in police custody in the occupied city of Boujdour in Western Sahara. (SPS)
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