Morocco: Human rights defender, Ms Idagja Lachgare, prevented from travelling
Front Line is concerned following reports that human rights defender, Ms Idagja Lachgare, has been prevented from travelling to Ireland to attend a conference on Western Sahara, scheduled to take place on 3 April 2009. Idagja Lachgare is a member of the executive office of the Association Sahraouie des Victimes des Violations Graves des Droits de l’Homme Commises par l’Etat du Maroc – ASVDH (Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State).
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was prevented from travelling by Moroccan authorities at Terminal 3 of Mohammed V International Airport. She was scheduled to travel to Ireland to participate as a guest speaker at a conference entitled “Global Resource, Human Rights and Development: The Conflict of Western Sahara” on 3 April 2009, having been invited by Ethical Devlopment Action (EDA).
Previously, Idagja Lachgare was reportedly the victim of enforced disappearances. Between 1980 and 1991, she spent almost eleven years in various secret detention centres in Morocco and Western Sahara.
Front Line believes that Idagja Lachgare was prevented from travelling to Ireland solely because of her peaceful and legitimate activities in the defence of human rights, especially the rights of the people of Western Sahara.
This Urgent Appeal has now ended. No further action is requested at this point. Thank you for taking action on this case.
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