1. Introduction<\/p>\n
One area Adala has focused on over the last two years is the situation of Saharawi political Morocco does not adhere to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or 1. Introduction One area Adala has focused on over the last two years is the situation of Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons. This report is based on direct observations by our members in the Occupied Territories, interviews with current political prisoners, their lawyers and family members, ex-political prisoners, as well as several international observers who have attended trials of Saharawi political prisoners and reports of various human rights organisations1 . Cases of arbitrary detention, abduction, ill-treatment and torture of Saharawis by the Moroccan authorities are well-documented by national and international NGOs including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch and feature in the reports submitted by Mr. Christopher Ross, special envoy of the Secretary General the United Nations, as well as the 2013 report of Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Juan E. M\u00e9ndez . Morocco does not adhere to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which it ratified on 14 June 1993, nor to the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in dealing with Saharawi political prisoners. Western Sahara is illegally occupied by the Moroccan Kingdom and Saharawi citizens are forced to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195"}],"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=5195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5207,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5195\/revisions\/5207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nprisoners in Moroccan prisons. This report<\/a> is based on direct observations by our members in
\nthe Occupied Territories, interviews with current political prisoners, their lawyers and family
\nmembers, ex-political prisoners, as well as several international observers who have attended
\ntrials of Saharawi political prisoners and reports of various human rights organisations1
\n.
\nCases of arbitrary detention, abduction, ill-treatment and torture of Saharawis by the Moroccan
\nauthorities are well-documented by national and international NGOs including Amnesty
\nInternational and Human Rights Watch and feature in the reports submitted by Mr. Christopher
\nRoss, special envoy of the Secretary General the United Nations, as well as the 2013 report of
\nSpecial Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
\nJuan E. M\u00e9ndez .<\/p>\n
\nDegrading Treatment or Punishment, which it ratified on 14 June 1993, nor to the UN Standard
\nMinimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners in dealing with Saharawi political prisoners.
\nWestern Sahara is illegally occupied by the Moroccan Kingdom and Saharawi citizens are forced
\nto carry Moroccan Identity Cards and Passports. This means that the entire judicial process has
\nno legal basis as Moroccan authorities have no legal jurisdiction over the territory.
\nMoreover, Saharawi citizens are often abducted and transferred to prisons in the Kingdom of
\nMorocco. Legal procedures and international requirements were not observed with the over 50…READ FULL REPORT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"