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MAURITANIA: Continued Detention

MAURITANIA: Continued Detention The “Salafists” failed to benefit from the amnesty offered by the junta. Seventeen people detained for a year in Nouakchott's central prison on allegation of being members of the Al Qaeda network have deplored the lack of national and international media interest in their plight, according to a statement published in Nouakchott. The alleged “Salafists”, who have been detained without trial, argue that they are “innocent” and mere “prisoners of opinion”. They also denounce the attitude of the new military regime, especially the public prosecutor to the Supreme Court whom they accuse of refusing to execute a decision providing for their release pending trial. The detainees, who are accused of undergoing training outside the country to perpetrate acts of terror under the regime of former president Maaouya OUld sid‐Ahmed Taya , were not covered by an amnesty, the military regime offered after it assumed power on August 3rd 2005. ( PANA, Nouakchott 17/4 ) Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall , said former president Maaouya Ould Sid‐Ahmed Taya he deposed in the August 2005 coup, could return home from exile, but must steer clear of politics for now. Taya is reportedly exiled in the Gulf State of Qatar . The Arab television channel Al Arabiya quoted Vall, chair of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy ( CMJD ) as saying that the deposed president had the right to live in his country as a free citizen and enjoy the privileges that the law confers on former Heads of State. But he said Taya would not be a candidate for the March 2007 presidential election, which is expected to end the ongoing 19‐month political transition supervised by the CMJD. A constitutional referendum, municipal and legislative elections are also planned during the transition period. All CMJD members and officials of the transitional government are excluded from seeking elective office in 2007. ( PANA, Nouakchott 19/4 ) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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0001-9844
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10.1111/j.0001-9844.2006.00407.x
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The “Salafists” failed to benefit from the amnesty offered by the junta. Seventeen people detained for a year in Nouakchott's central prison on allegation of being members of the Al Qaeda network have deplored the lack of national and international media interest in their plight, according to a statement published in Nouakchott. The alleged “Salafists”, who have been detained without trial, argue that they are “innocent” and mere “prisoners of opinion”. They also denounce the attitude of the new military regime, especially the public prosecutor to the Supreme Court whom they accuse of refusing to execute a decision providing for their release pending trial. The detainees, who are accused of undergoing training outside the country to perpetrate acts of terror under the regime of former president Maaouya OUld sid‐Ahmed Taya , were not covered by an amnesty, the military regime offered after it assumed power on August 3rd 2005. ( PANA, Nouakchott 17/4 ) Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall , said former president Maaouya Ould Sid‐Ahmed Taya he deposed in the August 2005 coup, could return home from exile, but must steer clear of politics for now. Taya is reportedly exiled in the Gulf State of Qatar . The Arab television channel Al Arabiya quoted Vall, chair of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy ( CMJD ) as saying that the deposed president had the right to live in his country as a free citizen and enjoy the privileges that the law confers on former Heads of State. But he said Taya would not be a candidate for the March 2007 presidential election, which is expected to end the ongoing 19‐month political transition supervised by the CMJD. A constitutional referendum, municipal and legislative elections are also planned during the transition period. All CMJD members and officials of the transitional government are excluded from seeking elective office in 2007. ( PANA, Nouakchott 19/4 )

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Published: May 1, 2006

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