"The Party and the Mauritanian people refuse to remain silent about this matter and demand an international inquiry on these abducted and tortured people, some of which were even killed in Polisario jails," said the President Isselkou Ould Rabbani, at a press conference, attended by several family members of the missing people. 

He said that his party "does not accept that Mauritania recognizes a puppet entity which commits acts of abduction, torture and murder against its citizens, threatens its northern borders and stands as an obstacle in front of its socio- economic relations with its brothers in the north".

Mr. Ould Rabbani also called for "supporting the efforts made by Morocco to grant autonomy to the people of the Sahara".  

Emphasizing the commitment of his party for the integration of the Maghreb, he called to support the Moroccan initiative, open borders between the Kingdom and Algeria and put an end to the artificial tension in the region.

The head of the Mauritanian Socialist Democratic Party has attracted the attention of the authorities of his country and the locally and internationally public opinion on the barbaric acts against Mauritanian nationals in Polisario jails, describing these acts as contrary to the Islamic religion and international law. 

At this conference, relatives of Polisario victims have provided touching testimonies on acts of abduction and torture against several members of their families.

In one of these testimonies, Al Houcine Ould Abderrahmane, has revealed that a Polisario patrol had abducted his three sons for more than two decades.

Ould Abderrahmane called national and international community to exert pressure on Polisario to release its three sons and all the missing people in Polisario jails. 

Source: MAP
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