Washington D.C. witnessed on August 25th 2008 a protest against the coup d’etat that took place in Mauritania on August 6th 2008. Several organizations defending human rights and civil liberties participated in the protest under the umbrella of the Union for the Restoration of Legitimacy. The Mauritanian Human Rights Watch was one of the main organizers of this event.

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The Mauritanian Human Rights Watch is following with chock and grief the news of the coup d’etat that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, and the arrest of the democratically elected president of our country. Driven by their selfish ambitions, some of our country’s military leaders ignored the will of their people and the interests of the country and its institutions. By their coup d’etat against the legitimate leadership they are oppressing their people and opening the doors anew for violence and chaos in our country.

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President Sidi Mohamed Ould Sheikh Abdellah met Monday Feb. 2nd 2008 a joint delegation from the Mauritanian Human Rights Watch and the Arab Commission for Human Rights. The meeting revolved around several topics related to human rights, including the desperate situation of the Mauritanian refugees in Senegal and Mali , the military officers who were fired from their jobs after the 2003 coup attempt, and the Mauritanian detainees at Guantanamo Bay .

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The Mauritanian Human Right Watch and the Arab Commission for Human Rights conducted a joint workshop of three days (Feb. 16-18, 2008) at the Hotel Shinqit Place . The worship’s aim was to educate those who are active in defending human rights and civil liberties in Mauritania , and make them more aware of the intellectual and moral implications of their noble mission. Many defenders of the human right cause attended the event and the following organizations participated in the workshop:

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Our country opened, seventeen years ago, the darkest pages of its history. At that time, public authority was used to organize massive and bloody deportations within the ethnic-African populations. At the same time, a racist and murderous cleansing took place within the military institution. The magnitude of these facts is such that their minimization or denial could compromise the existence of our country and the unity of our people.

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