Another official in the Mauritania's opposition arrested

Mauritania's security forces arrested Sheikh Weld Harma, one of the most prominent associates for the former Mauritanian's presidential elections candidate Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah and his representative to the " crisis committee " formed by candidates of the Mauritania's opposition.

The detention operation came within a series of acts of detention included Hedallah and many of his supporters.

One of the detained opposition members Ibrahim Weld Abati said that this act is an attempt to prevent any person from taking part in the political work, noting that the "government wants to liquidates the team of Hedallah's election's campaign at any price." Lawyers said that Ben Harma is the last figure among the 12 Mauritanian opposition members detained in Mauritanian recently.

Official results of the elections revealed that Hedallah who is still detained got at least 19% of the votes. The opposition doubts the honesty of the elections which were carried out on November 7th. Its results revealed that President of Mauritania Mu'aweya Wild Taye' won the elections. The opposition said that the elections are null and void and were greatly falsified.