WESTERN SAHARA AND SHORT-TERM ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES - A submission by:

One common practice documented is the abduction of victims for several hours, with the victim being kidnapped, interrogated and tortured inside of a car, before being thrown out of the car at the outskirt of the city or in the desert. [...] These practices are used in order to silence dissenting opinions, muzzle and intimidate civil society and the call for independence and the right to self-determination, knowing that the shorter the period of enforced disappearance, the greater the psychological impact, leaving the victim paralyzed and terrorized. [...] In the view of the source, there is no doubt that the policy of impunity encourages this crime and phenomenon, although international law does not allow any amnesty for the perpetrators of the crime of enforced disappearance, but rather affirms the right of the victim to hold those responsible accountable, and to guarantee the victim's right to redress and grievance. [...] URL: 4936 about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:. [...] URL: ge=E&DeviceType=Desktop&LangRequested=False about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank about:blank Sahrawi Association of Victims of G.