Morocco: Sahrawi Activists, Detained 18 Months, Await Verdict

(New York) – Three Western Sahara activists have been in pretrial detention for 18 months, with numerous delays in their trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Their trial on charges of "harming [Morocco’s] internal security" has proceeded in fits and starts, with limited evidence produced against them. Four co-defendants are provisionally free.

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