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SENIOR WESTERN SAHARA SEPARATIST FRONT -POLISARIO- LEADER DISAPPEARED
A senior Western Sahara separatist front, Polisario, leader, Mr. Ahmed Braih, aka Mr. Ahmed Khalil who has held various senior positions with the front has disappeared recently in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria.
Mr. Ahmed Braih is from the tribe of “Rguibate Souaad”, one of the largest tribes of the region, he was born in Tantan, south of Morocco, in 1953. He got his PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Fes in Morocco. Mr. Ahmed Braih is considered to be one of the original founders of the Polisario separatist movement.
In the Tindouf Camps, located in southeastern Algeria, Mr. Ahmed Braih held various positions in the Polisario Front. He was the president of the Polisario Intelligence services, the senior advisor to the president of the “ Sahara democratic republic” and the person in charge of Media and public policy. Mr. Ahmed Braih/Khalil has also held the position of the President of the union of Sahraoui writers and authors.
The last position held before disappearing was that of Media and Human Rights councilor of the Polisario front in the Algerian capital of Algiers.
His brother, Mr. Brahim Braih and other close relatives who have recently left the Tindouf Camps in Algeria have declared that Mr. Ahmed Khalil (Braih) disappeared in January 1st, 2009 from the offices of the Polisario Media and Human Rights in Algiers. They accuse the Algerian authorities of the kidnapping.
Mr. Brahim Braih and other relatives of Mr. Ahmed Khalil/ Braih have launched a campaign to seek information on his whereabouts. They sent a letter to the President of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in which Mr. Brahim Braih has urged the Organisation’s president to help.
No official reasons were given about the disappearance, but his relatives claim that Mr. Ahmed Braih was having second thoughts abut his affiliation with the Polisario and was thinking of going back to Morocco.
article written by Mbarek Skoban
A senior Western Sahara separatist front, Polisario, leader, Mr. Ahmed Braih, aka Mr. Ahmed Khalil who has held various senior positions with the front has disappeared recently in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria.
Mr. Ahmed Braih is from the tribe of “Rguibate Souaad”, one of the largest tribes of the region, he was born in Tantan, south of Morocco, in 1953. He got his PhD in Political Sociology from the University of Fes in Morocco. Mr. Ahmed Braih is considered to be one of the original founders of the Polisario separatist movement.
In the Tindouf Camps, located in southeastern Algeria, Mr. Ahmed Braih held various positions in the Polisario Front. He was the president of the Polisario Intelligence services, the senior advisor to the president of the “ Sahara democratic republic” and the person in charge of Media and public policy. Mr. Ahmed Braih/Khalil has also held the position of the President of the union of Sahraoui writers and authors.
The last position held before disappearing was that of Media and Human Rights councilor of the Polisario front in the Algerian capital of Algiers.
His brother, Mr. Brahim Braih and other close relatives who have recently left the Tindouf Camps in Algeria have declared that Mr. Ahmed Khalil (Braih) disappeared in January 1st, 2009 from the offices of the Polisario Media and Human Rights in Algiers. They accuse the Algerian authorities of the kidnapping.
Mr. Brahim Braih and other relatives of Mr. Ahmed Khalil/ Braih have launched a campaign to seek information on his whereabouts. They sent a letter to the President of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances in which Mr. Brahim Braih has urged the Organisation’s president to help.
No official reasons were given about the disappearance, but his relatives claim that Mr. Ahmed Braih was having second thoughts abut his affiliation with the Polisario and was thinking of going back to Morocco.
article written by Mbarek Skoban
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