Mauritania: Further information on Fear for safety / ill-treatment

Index Number: AFR 38/007/2000
Date Published: 28 November 2000
Categories: Africa, Mauritania

Eight female opposition members, Marième Mint Saiga, UFD/EN women coordinator in Almina, Benina Mint Chedad, UFD/EN women coordinator in Riadh, and six other female UFD/EN members, who had been arrested by the police, have been released. The, five male opposition leaders who were detained incommunicado, have also neen released.