Mauritania
02.05.00
Urgent Interventions
Mauritania: opposition leader released
Mauritania: release!
Case MRT 270400.1
Follow-up to case MRT 270400
Geneva, 2nd May 2000.
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed of the release of Mr. Ould Daddah in Mauritania.
New Information
According to SOS Esclaves Mauritanie, a member of the OMCT network, Mr. Ahmed Ould Daddah was released on Saturday 29th April 2000 following his arrest on 24th April 2000.
Brief reminder of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT had been informed by Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme and SOS Esclaves Mauritanie, both members of the OMCT network, of a number of incidents between the police and demonstrators in relation to the arrest Mr. Ahmed Ould Daddah.
Mr. Ahmed Ould Daddah, Secretary General of the opposition party Union des Forces Démocratiques/Ere Nouvelle (UFD/EN) and President of the Front des Partis d’opposition FPO, had previously been arrested, without a warrant, on 24th April 2000 at around 13:00 at the UFD/EN headquarters in the capital, Nouakchott. According to unofficial sources, his arrest was allegedly a preventative measure against UFD/EN meeting to be held on 26th April 2000. His call for this meeting was allegedly considered as inciting violence.
Remarks
The International Secretariat of OMCT wishes to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.
Geneva 2nd May 2000.
Case MRT 270400.1
Follow-up to case MRT 270400
Geneva, 2nd May 2000.
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed of the release of Mr. Ould Daddah in Mauritania.
New Information
According to SOS Esclaves Mauritanie, a member of the OMCT network, Mr. Ahmed Ould Daddah was released on Saturday 29th April 2000 following his arrest on 24th April 2000.
Brief reminder of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT had been informed by Agir Ensemble pour les Droits de l’Homme and SOS Esclaves Mauritanie, both members of the OMCT network, of a number of incidents between the police and demonstrators in relation to the arrest Mr. Ahmed Ould Daddah.
Mr. Ahmed Ould Daddah, Secretary General of the opposition party Union des Forces Démocratiques/Ere Nouvelle (UFD/EN) and President of the Front des Partis d’opposition FPO, had previously been arrested, without a warrant, on 24th April 2000 at around 13:00 at the UFD/EN headquarters in the capital, Nouakchott. According to unofficial sources, his arrest was allegedly a preventative measure against UFD/EN meeting to be held on 26th April 2000. His call for this meeting was allegedly considered as inciting violence.
Remarks
The International Secretariat of OMCT wishes to thank all those institutions, organizations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.
Geneva 2nd May 2000.