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Yahya Mohamed El Hafed Aaza
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- NameYahya Mohamed El Hafed Aaza
- RoleCo-founder and former president of the Sahrawi branch of the Collective of Human Rights Defenders (CODESA); advocate for Sahrawi political prisoners
- CountryWestern Sahara
- Arrested3 Jul 2021
- StatusAt liberty
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Known as 'the father' among Sahrawi political prisoners for his support work, Yahya Mohamed El Hafed Aaza has endured enforced disappearance, solitary confinement, and repeated transfers to prisons hundreds of kilometres from his family in Tan Tan. He served the full 15-year sentence imposed on him in 2008 and was released in March 2023.