Amnesty International lacked objectivity by repeating false allegations about the ill-treatment allegedly suffered by six defendants involved in acts of violence and vandalism that recently occurred in the city of Laayoune. This is what the Ministry of the Interior indicated in a statement published on Saturday. The ministry specifies that “the allegations of the 17-year-old minor claiming to have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment are untruths, given that the person concerned met the public prosecutor twice. The first time during the extension of his police custody and another time during his presentation before him, without him having been able to note any trace of torture or violence”. Moreover, adds the same source, it would have been very possible for the accused or his guardians to corroborate their allegations with medical certificates during the period when he was released by the investigating judge, before the public prosecutor's office appealed against the decision to prosecute the person concerned in a state of arrest. Furthermore, the ministry recalled that the arrest of the six accused occurred due to their involvement in the acts of violence and disturbances that the city of Laayoune experienced, which left 119 injured among the elements of the public forces, including five seriously injured, in addition to acts of vandalism affecting several public and private properties.