Polisario Leader Brahim Ghali to Face Spanish Judge via Video on June 1

Brahim Ghali will be heard by the magistrate Santiago Pedraz Gomez on June 1 at 10:30 a.m. regarding two complaints, those of a Sahrawi citizen and the Sahrawi Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ASADEH), indicates a summons dated May 25, 2021. Admitted to an emergency hospital in Logroño, Spain, on April 18 after contracting Covid-19, the Polisario leader is the subject of several complaints. A complaint filed by El Fadel Breika, a dissident of the naturalized Spanish front for "kidnapping, arbitrary detention and torture" in the Tindouf prisons; one filed by ASADEH and another filed by the Canarian association of victims of terrorism for "genocide, torture, kidnappings, rape, kidnappings, disappearances".

The emergency admission of the president of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)" to a hospital in Logroño has caused new tensions between Spain and Morocco. Tensions that have remained strong following the massive arrival of 8,000 migrants - including 2,000 minors - in Ceuta. Morocco maintains pressure on Spain for Brahim Ghali to answer for his actions before the Spanish justice system.