(AI Translated) Mohammed Al-Tahleel is a human rights defender who has been arrested and tried because of his human rights work and his positions on the Western Sahara issue. He was born in 1981 and serves as the head of the Boujdour branch of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations committed by the Moroccan state, where he has been involved in documenting violations and defending their victims.

Mohammed Al‑Tahleel’s human rights activism has not been without consequences; he has been imprisoned twice, first in 2005 and again in 2007, in the context of his rights work. On 4 December 2010, he was arrested together with Al‑Bashir Al‑Khadra and Hassan Al‑Dah, later facing a unjust judicial process that culminated in a 20‑year prison sentence handed down by the Court of Appeal in Salé, Morocco, in 2017.

During his trial, Mohammed Al‑Tahleel categorically denied any involvement in the Akrim Ezik camp, stating before the Court of Appeal that he was never present in the camp and that he was not there on 8 November, the date on which the Moroccan occupation forces alleged he committed criminal acts.

His statements did not stop at denying the charges; he also disclosed harsh conditions he said he endured during detention and interrogation. He reported being subjected to torture and ill‑treatment, including within court facilities, and that the confessions on which the Moroccan occupation forces relied in his case were signed while he was blindfolded and under torture.