{"id":1391,"date":"2014-10-29T23:07:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T23:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2014-10-29T23:07:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T23:07:47","slug":"activists-kidnapped-on-saturday-denounce-torture-and-police-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Activists kidnapped on Saturday denounce torture and police violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1376 \" src=\"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"2014-10-27_00.15.06\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/2014-10-27_00-15-06-1-960x960.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 100vw, 184px\" \/><\/a>A few days ago, Adala UK published information about the kidnapping of Saharawi activists and journalists. Yesterday, the victims of the kidnapping reported that they had been taken out of the city and subjected to beatings.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Adala UK members who were able to visit the victims in their homes confirmed that they were in a critical state and had scars all over their bodies. Adala UK was also able to collect photographic evidence.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Below you can read a victim\u2019s testimony:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\u2018They blindfolded and handcuffed us and took us to a place outside the city in the desert. We were not allowed to tell our families where we were. Five members of the Moroccan police started beating me with cables, wooden sticks and batons.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">We were beaten repeatedly and each of us was interrogated about their activities and where we publish our videos. During the interrogations we were punched in the face, hit on the head and other sensitive parts of our bodies with sticks. Eventually, they left us unable to move in the desert.\u2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Torture is so widespread in the Moroccan police system that in many police stations there is an officer \u2018responsible for torture\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Morocco has to investigate all allegations of torture and bring all those police staff responsible to justice.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, Adala UK published information about the kidnapping of Saharawi activists and journalists. Yesterday, the victims of the kidnapping reported that they had been taken out of the city and subjected to beatings. \u00a0 Adala UK members who were able to visit the victims in their homes confirmed that they were in a critical state and had scars all over their bodies. Adala UK was also able to collect photographic evidence. \u00a0 Below you can read a victim\u2019s testimony: \u00a0 \u2018They blindfolded and handcuffed us and took us to a place outside the city in the desert. We were not allowed to tell our families where we were. Five members of the Moroccan police started beating me with cables, wooden sticks and batons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}