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Western Sahara: Student Reported Detained

Thursday, December 25th, 2008 @ 17:23 UTC

by Jillian C. York

Countries:: Western Sahara
Topics:: Governance, Law

Saharawi-students.org reports that a Saharawi law student has been detained in Tan Tan. The student was released after 10 hours.

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