Mohamed Elmoutaoikil (also transliterated as Mohammad al-Mutawakil, etc) is a Sahrawi human rights-defender active in Western Sahara, born in 1966 in Assa in southern Morocco. He is presently in jail after he was arrested in demonstrations during the "Independence Intifada". He was jailed in 1992 for one year after Sahrawi demonstrations in his hometown of Assa, and has been arrested several times since then. He is a father of three. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... The Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA), formed in 1922, is a body consisting of both amateur and professional astronomers. ... The Independence Intifada (intifada is Arabic for uprising) is a Sahrawi name for the disturbances, demonstrations and riots that broke out in May 2005 in the Moroccan-held parts of Western Sahara. ...

On December 14, 2005, Elmoutaoikil was sentenced to 10 months in prison by a Moroccan court in El-Aaiun, in a mass trial with 13 other Sahrawi activists. Just before the trial, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued reports that expressed concerns that he was not getting fair trials, and may be a prisoner of conscience. After the trial, Amnesty reiterated strong criticisms, and said that it was strengthened in its claim that Elmoutaoikil and the others is a probable prisoners of conscience. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laâyoune Laâyoune, also El Aaiún, is the unofficial capital of Western Sahara, a former Spanish country now mostly controlled and occupied by Morocco. ... Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an non-governmental membership organization with the stated purpose of campaigning for internationally recognized human rights. ... Human Rights Watch Banner Human Rights Watch is a United States-based international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. ... Prisoner of Conscience (POC) is a term coined by Amnesty International, the global human rights group. ...

See also

• Ali Salem Tamek
• Aminatou Haidar
• Polisario Front

Ali Salem Tamek (b. ... Aminatou Haidar (b. ... The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Río de Oro) is a Sahrawi movement working for the independence of...

External links

• Testimony on Elmoutaoikil's arrest by his wife, Minatou Bainaho