Sahraoui

The Iranian authorities should review the penal code as a matter of urgency to ensure those who cause intentional serious physical harm, like acid attacks, receive an appropriate punishment — but that must never be a penalty which in itself constitutes torture, said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa.

Iranian blinded by acid pardons her attacker 2011

Some Sahraoui refugees in Tindouf said that they have to obtain an authorization from the Polisario leadership headquarters in Rabouni camp to leave only to Mauritania; others said they got the approval at the border, provided they mention that they are actually going for a visit to Mauritania.

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"A commission of inquiry or a Commission that is not able to summon officials, including very high level officials, a commission that is not able to have access to archives to really see what were the instructions that were given or a commission that is simply looking into processes rather than really providing responses to families will not satisfy, at least, the families Amnesty International has met with," Sahraoui said.

Amnesty: Tunisian Security Forces Acted Brutally 2011

Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa, told AP: I believe SCAF is trying to find some scapegoat for their human rights record.

Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest - Thursday 29 December 2011 2011

This program involves flying Sahraoui families from the Moroccan - administered zone to the Tindouf refugee camps and vice versa, for visits lasting five days.

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It is a body that is not accountable to anyone for the moment, said Sahraoui.

Amnesty: Tunisian Security Forces Acted Brutally 2011

Sahraoui says it must be a thorough investigation.

Amnesty: Tunisian Security Forces Acted Brutally 2011

"The evidence we have show that people were killed by single shots to the chest or the head, sometimes at the back of the head, showing clearly that the people were not presenting a threat and this evidence suggests deliberate intent to kill," said Sahraoui.

Amnesty: Tunisian Security Forces Acted Brutally 2011

"We are extremely disturbed at statements made by Ayatollah Khamenei which seem to give the green light to security forces to violently handle protesters exercising their right to demonstrate and express their views," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa program.

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Western Saharanoun: Sahrawi (s), Sahraoui (s) adjective: Sahrawi, Sahrawian, Sahraouian

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