(MFWA/IFEX) – On 13 June 2004, Aidahy Ould Saleck, a regional correspondent of the independent weekly “L’Eveil Hebdo”, was held for questioning by police in Nouadhibou, 400 km northwest of the capital, Nouakchott. Saleck was detained at the police station and interrogated for more than four hours. The editor-in-chief of “L’Eveil Hebdo”, Diop Moussa, told […]
(MFWA/IFEX) – On 13 June 2004, Aidahy Ould Saleck, a regional correspondent of the independent weekly “L’Eveil Hebdo”, was held for questioning by police in Nouadhibou, 400 km northwest of the capital, Nouakchott. Saleck was detained at the police station and interrogated for more than four hours.
The editor-in-chief of “L’Eveil Hebdo”, Diop Moussa, told MFWA-Mauritania sources that Saleck was questioned in connection with a story that appeared in the 1 June edition of the paper (issue 534). The story entitled, “Police Abuses” reported on a 25 May incident during which police officers beat up a citizen. They also allegedly dragged him to the police station, took away his money, and humiliated him by stripping him naked. The article also recounted daily police acts of intimidation and brutality against the local population.
