This outcome is, even on the admission of those responsible for his arbitrary detention, the fruit of the strong, efficient mobilization of national and international stakeholders and organizations, attached to the lofty principles of human rights, Morocco's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

It added that the release came following pressure exerted on Algeria considering its established legal and political responsibilities in this matter.

The Kingdom recalls that Mustapha Selma Ould Sidi Mouloud, who endured serious physical and moral harm during his abduction, did nothing but expressing, freely and publicly, his support for Morocco's autonomy initiative, an opinion widely supported internationally and shared by the majority of Sahrawis, not only in the southern provinces, but also in the Tindouf camps.

The Kingdom urges the international community to guarantee full freedom of movement of Mustapha Selma Ould Sidi Mouloud and ensure respect for his primarily humanitarian right to join his family, wherever they may be. It also calls for his right to freely express his political choices to be secured, the statement added.

To this end, all Moroccan political class and stakeholders will pursue their mobilisation to restore Mustapha Selma Ould Sid Mouloud’s entire rights.

Morocco takes this opportunity to recall the illegal, unacceptable nature, from all viewpoints, of the detention of Mustapha Selma Ould Sidi Mouloud and express, once again, its full rejection of the fallacious pretexts and misleading quibbles on the existence of so-called “legislation”, “judicial organs”, “institutions of sadr” or “liberated territories”. The status of the area east of the berm is clearly defined, its nature and history are well known, and can in no way be subject to ambiguity or exploitation, the statement concluded.

Source: MAP
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