A judge in Madrid has turned down a request by prosecutors to detain an African separatist leader who’s been accused of torture and genocide connected with Spain’s former colony of Western Sahara.
The decision leaves the Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali free to leave Spain when he’s recovered from Covid-19.
Mr Ghali’s lawyer wants the court to throw out the case brought by dissidents.
Mr Ghali denies abuses in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria.
His presence in Spain has angered Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Madrid has accused Rabat of retaliating by letting thousands of migrants enter Spain’s North African cities of Ceuta and Melilla.
Source: BBC
