Amnesty International documents police torture in Mauritania OTTAWA, June 26 (UPI) -- A Canadian man jailed on terrorism charges in Mauritania told a human rights official Mauritanian police beat him into confessing, the official said.
June 26, 2013 - UPI
Ahmed Ould Daddah in AFP In these difficult moments, I am calling on the Mauritanian people......to reject this new coup d'Etat,Ahmed Ould Daddah, who leads the main opposition party, told a news conference late Thursday.
Bernard Kouchner in Irish Times Sanctions against the Mauritanian people, as poor as they are, would be impossible to accept,Mr Kouchner said.
Louis Michel in Middle East Online EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel said the coup jeopardised cooperation "as we are finalising with the Mauritanian government a 156 million euro (241 million dollar) programme for 2008-2013 to add to assistance already in place".