The Western Sahara, which is occupied by Morocco, has been criticized for countering human rights. This morning was two Swedes who were in the country to meet with human rights activists driven out of the country.
– As we sit and eat breakfast it will produce a tall man with gymnastics attire and says he wants our passports. We may eat a little while until they become aggressive and says we must go at once, says Julia Finér, chairman of Emmaus Stockholm.
Julia Finér and Josephine Hasselberg is freelance photographer took a bus from Morocco to Western Sahara, the night of Sunday to meet with human rights activist Brahim Dahane. They had planned to stay for a week, but after an hour in the capital of Al-Ayun became the ivägschasade to the taxi station and sent out of the country.
– There are about 10-15 policemen, they take our mobiles and checking so we do not have photographed. They ask if we understand what we have done. We are people who are not welcome, we are persons non grata in the country that we know such a person as Brahim Dahane said police, says Julia Finér on the phone from the taxi driving them back to Agadir in Morocco.
Western Sahara occupied by Morocco since 1975 and has major humanitarian problems. Many Sahrawis are on the run and the people who work for human rights in Western Sahara discouraged.
The reason that the Swedes were urförda of the country was precisely because they would meet with Brahim Dahane and other human rights activists, they say.
– That was the reason, and it said the police clearly. We were happy to be a tourist there, but we did not know Brahim Dahane.
What happened to him?
– Very good question. I have no idea yet. He was abducted and they were aggressive towards him. It was Sunday morning and not a soul out there, but there were so many policemen. So he is totally supervised. It was so sad to see that there is such a terrible situation to be in, to live like that. It is not a dignified life, says Julia Finér.
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