A Spanish judge closed Thursday a genocide complaint filed against the head of the Polisario movement, Brahim Ghali in the beginning of June while he was under COVID-19 treatment in Spain.
“The facts are prescribed, the commission of the crime of genocide is not established, and the testimonies of the witnesses contradict the assertions contained in the complaint” which had been deposited in 2008,” said the magistrate.
Ghali, who entered Spain using a fake Algerian ID and admitted to a Spanish hospital faced complaints of genocide, terrorism committed against Moroccan citizens between 1990 and 1975 Ghali, 71, is also accused of kidnapping and torturing of people in Tindouf camps and other crimes against humanity, filled by Fadel Breika, a former Polisario member and Spain-based Association Saharaui.
The Separatist leader was heard on June 1 on video conference by a Spanish court from his hospital bed. The next day, he flew from a small airport in the northern city of Pamplona and arrived in Algiers. Spain said it had alerted Morocco over the decision to allow Ghali to leave its territory.
Morocco withdrew its ambassador to Madrid in May in what said has become a deep crisis and lack of faith with the traditional European partner, signaling that Rabat is no longer willing to separate its sovereignty over the Western Sahara from its interests with any regional or international bodies.
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