Mauritania: Incommunicado detention / fear of ill-treatment / prisoners of conscience

Index Number: AFR 38/008/1998
Date Published: 22 December 1998
Categories: Africa, Mauritania

Ahmed Ould Daddah, Mohameden Ould Babah and Maitre Mohameden Ould Ichiddou, all political activists: These three opposition activists are being detained for their non-violent political activities and denied access to lawyers and their families. AI considers them prisoners of conscience and fears that they are at risk of ill-treatment.