Mohammed Daddach
Mohammed Daddach ( Arabic محمد دداش, DMG Muhammad Daddāš , * 1957 in Guelta Zemmur ) is a political activist of the Saharawi and former political prisoner in Morocco . He fought in the Western Sahara conflict for the independence of Western Sahara against Morocco.
Daddach was arrested for the first time as a Polisario fighter in 1975, spent 24 years in several prisons and thus became a symbol for the Sahrawi liberation movement. Daddach publicly criticized the human rights violations by the Moroccan government. In 1979 he was arrested again and sentenced to death. In 1994, this sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Amnesty International sought his release from prison. On November 7, 2001, he was released on a general amnesty . In 2002 he was nominated for the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize and received it in Norway , where he also met his mother for the first time since 1975. His mother lived in a refugee camp in Norway.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amnisite des Prisonniers Politiques Saharouis et de Mohamed Daddach. Bureau Européen pour le Respect des Droits de l'homme au Sahara Occidental, 7 November 2001
- ^ Rafto Foundation for Human Rights
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daddach, Mohammed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | political activist and former Sahahra political prisoner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guelta Zemmur |