Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud (born 1968 in Smara) is a former police chief of the

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, and political dissident. He was abducted in 1979, and deported to

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. He studied physics, and Police officer school in Algiers in 1991. In 2010, following a family visit to the Moroccan-controlled part of

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, he announced on August 9, he wanted to open dialogue within the POLISARIO, on the Moroccan autonomy initiative for settling the conflict in Western Sahara. On August 30, 2010, he attempted to return to the Tindouf camps crossing the highly militarized Moroccan wall. He was detained by Sahrawi People's Liberation Army troops on September 21 at the liberated territories, and accused of

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. M. Brahim Ghali, ambassador of the

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in Algiers, described Mustapha Salma as a traitor. On October 8, 2010, there was a protest about the disappearance at the

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In October 2010, there was a report of his release. In December 2010, he was released to the

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at the

- Mauritania border. Since his release, Sidi Mouloud had stayed in Mauritania, not returning to Morocco or the Western Sahara, and he had not made any declaration.

References

External links

Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud conférence de presse à Smara

''Washington Moroccan Club''
Ould Sidi Mouloud arrested by polisario upon arrival in border post leading to Tindouf
SaharaNews blog, September 22, 2010

''we the generation'', February 20, 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mouloud, Sidi 1968 births People from Smara Living people Sahrawi dissidents