Repeated sequestrations and torture in Essaouira

"Libé" has received complaints from two citizens of the Essaouira province, both victims of kidnapping, sequestration and torture. In one of the complaints addressed to the King's Prosecutor at the Safi Court of Appeal, Houcine Bousouf, 60, recounts his kidnapping, his sequestration and the torture he suffered on 30 January 2014. He claims to have been kidnapped around 5 p.m. in the centre of the Douar Bounouar falling under Haha in the Essaouira province. His torturers threw him into a car and took him to an unknown destination where they sequestered him, tortured him and even forced him to drink their urine! After several hours of sequestration, the sexagenarian was abandoned in a critical state in the centre of the Douar Bounouar. He was admitted to the CHP of Essaouira for three days where he was treated and issued a 24-day incapacity certificate. As for the young Mohamed R'kiza, he…