Some students were victims and two of them were detained after a peaceful manifestation in Goulmim city
On the 4th August 2008, in Goulimim city, the Saharawi people together with the Saharawi students staged a manifestation protesting against the Moroccan authorities whom prevent them from attending the trial of the Saharawi political prisoner Sahel Bouzid.
Sahel Bouzid was sentenced because of his political opinions about the Western Sahara, the right to Self-Determination and the right to a Saharawi nationality instead of a Moroccan one. The Moroccan authorities attacked the demonstrators savagely causing many Saharawi victims. Some of the victims were High school students and some were University students one of them was Brahim Bariaz,
the Saharawi student whom was prevented from the right to master studies because of his political activities.
Another victim was the Human Rights defender Khadija Mouthik.
The Moroccan authorities detained two Saharawi students:
Mohamed Ahrouch: Bachelor student. Unemployed, because of his political opinions.
Lehbib Latif: Human Rights defender. Preparing Doctorate in the International Economy.
More information about “Lehbib Latif”:
The two Saharawi students were detained at the police station, without informing their families, from 17:00 till 11:00 when they were sent to the Hospital.
According to the testimonies of the detainees, they were mistreated and beaten up by the police at the car of the police, and savagely beaten up by the police officers under the cruel interrogation inside the police station.
Also, they were forced to sign declaration they did not know what contained, then they found themselves at the hospital.
