Brahim Dahane, Tamek Ali Salem and Ahmed Naciri count the days since more than a year and a half in the shadow of the prison in Sale, a few miles from the Moroccan capital. These three Sahrawi activists morning will kick off its ninth hunger strike in jail. Demand a fair trial or his "immediate release", to understand that they were detained for their opinions and their "right to freedom of expression." The three were part along with four other Sahrawi released and dubbed the 'Group of Seven.
" September 2009 traveled to refugee camps in Tindouf (in the Algerian desert) from Laayoune, the administrative capital of Western Sahara, former Spanish colony. And in return, a month later, "were arrested on foot runway at the airport in Casablanca and accused of treason and violating state security.
His case was referred to military courts, but in late 2010 they dropped charges of treason and the dossier went to the civil courts. By military means, as reported associations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, they could be convicted even capital punishment, given that Morocco has on its statute but not implemented since 1993.
Dahane (President of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Human Rights, ASVDH), Tamek (Codesa vice president, who leads Haidar) and Naciri (known activist in the city of Smara) are three of the most important visible heads Sahrawi activism. The verdict of his trial was scheduled for February but was postponed again and again.
In a statement, the three Sahrawi remember that different groups of Moroccan and international human rights demand their freedom. In addition, they lament having exhausted all the procedures of the Moroccan judicial system, "famous for its arbitrariness and lack of independence" and remember who have attended all court sessions "in which the Moroccan administration of justice has openly violated even the minimum guarantees required for a fair and respectful.
" Therefore, now entering its ninth hunger strike, the longest they have been involved so far has been 41 days. All three have also decided to "boycott any interaction or proceeding before the court of first instance of Ain Sbaa, in Casablanca" and announced that his hunger strike will not stop until their demands are met.
Sahrawi groups have called on several occasions as "unfair and arbitrary" arrest and detention and have insisted that after them, several delegations have traveled Saharan Laayoune, Western Sahara's administrative capital, to the refugee camps with no been no legal consequences. 
" September 2009 traveled to refugee camps in Tindouf (in the Algerian desert) from Laayoune, the administrative capital of Western Sahara, former Spanish colony. And in return, a month later, "were arrested on foot runway at the airport in Casablanca and accused of treason and violating state security.
His case was referred to military courts, but in late 2010 they dropped charges of treason and the dossier went to the civil courts. By military means, as reported associations such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, they could be convicted even capital punishment, given that Morocco has on its statute but not implemented since 1993.
Dahane (President of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Human Rights, ASVDH), Tamek (Codesa vice president, who leads Haidar) and Naciri (known activist in the city of Smara) are three of the most important visible heads Sahrawi activism. The verdict of his trial was scheduled for February but was postponed again and again.
In a statement, the three Sahrawi remember that different groups of Moroccan and international human rights demand their freedom. In addition, they lament having exhausted all the procedures of the Moroccan judicial system, "famous for its arbitrariness and lack of independence" and remember who have attended all court sessions "in which the Moroccan administration of justice has openly violated even the minimum guarantees required for a fair and respectful.
" Therefore, now entering its ninth hunger strike, the longest they have been involved so far has been 41 days. All three have also decided to "boycott any interaction or proceeding before the court of first instance of Ain Sbaa, in Casablanca" and announced that his hunger strike will not stop until their demands are met.
Sahrawi groups have called on several occasions as "unfair and arbitrary" arrest and detention and have insisted that after them, several delegations have traveled Saharan Laayoune, Western Sahara's administrative capital, to the refugee camps with no been no legal consequences.
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