Ali Salem Tamek
Ali Salem Tamek علي سالم التامك | |
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trade unionist, Sahrawi nationalist | |
Spouse | Aicha Chafia Ramdan |
Children | Thawra |
Parent(s) | Mohamed Salem Ould El Mami Ould Mohamed Tamek (father), Fennina Bent Hammadi (mother) |
Awards | III "Juan Antonio González Caraballo" solidarity prize (2005) I "José Manuel Méndez" human rights and social justice prize (2010) |
Ali Salem Tamek (
Ali Salem Tamek was born in
Biography
He has been jailed five times for nationalist activities, fired from his job, and for a long period of time had his passport confiscated. On September 13, 1993, he was detained for the first time, along with other Sahrawi independentists, on the Moroccan-Algerian border in the region of
During his incarceration, he has been on numerous hunger strikes, and was released in 2003 under a general royal pardon on January 7, 2004, on orders from the Equity and Reconciliation Commission. Due to the precarious conditions of detention in Moroccan jails, his health condition had worsened.[4]
He has been the target of smear campaigns in the Moroccan press, and complains of politically motivated harassment and threats to his life and family. His wife, Aicha Ramdan, reported in 2005 that in 2003 she had been raped by five
On July 18, 2005, he was detained in
Tamek completed his baccalauréat in 2007 at the age 34.[10] He reportedly was not allowed to study law and journalism after graduating.
On October 8, 2009, he was arrested with six other Sahrawi independentists and human rights activists (known as "The Casablanca 7") at
Tamek,
Awards and nominations
On June 10, 2005, he was awarded with the III "Juan Antonio González Caraballo" Solidarity Prize, in a ceremony in Seville (Spain).[14]
On March 14, 2010, he was awarded with the I "Jose Manuel Méndez" human rights and social justice prize, given by the citizens platform "Asamblea por Tenerife".[15][16]
See also
References
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- ^ "Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental -Droits humains". www.arso.org.
- ^ "SAHARA OCCIDENTAL - Actualités hebdomadaires 2002 - semaine 42". www.arso.org.
- ^ Ali Salem Tamek letter to the U.S. congress members ARSO
- ^ "Violated by five police officers, Tamek's wife delivers a terrible testimony". Sahara Press Service. 2005-06-29. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ Marta Arroyo (2005-06-26). "Aicha Ramdán: 'No puedo volver a mi tierra porque no soporto ver a los que tanto daño nos han hecho'" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "Detienen a un conocido militante saharaui en El Aaiún" (in Spanish). Terra.es (EFE). 2005-07-18. Archived from the original on 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ Marruecos considera a Ali Salem Tamek 'Enemigo Público Nº 1 Sahara resiste (Maroc Hebdo)
- ^ "Morocco/Western Sahara: Sahrawi human rights defenders under attack". Amnesty International.
- ^ "Tamek. Le bac, enfin!" (in French). Tel Quel. Archived from the original on 2007-07-12. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
- ASVDH. 2009-10-16. Archived from the originalon 2010-04-30. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Eight new prisoners of conscience in October". Amnesty International. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 4 August 2010.
- ^ "Morocco court frees Sahara activists after two years". Agence France-Presse. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
- ^ "Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental -". www.arso.org.
- ^ "Sahrawi human rights activist Ali Salem Tamek receives Jose Maria Mendez award". SPS. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-10-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Asamblea por Tenerife crea un premio a los “Derechos Humanos y la Justicia Social” Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)