Trial of Hedallah, associates to be in December

Trial of the former Mauritanian President, Muhammad Khouna Weld Hedallah will start in December, together with persons detained with him, who are accused by the Mauritanian authority of preparing for a coupe.

Some 15 accused persons were accused of aggression and conspiracy to change the government by force, and damaging the basic interests of Mauritania." Lawyer Maloud Faal Hadi Sayed, member of the lawyers commission in charge of defending Weld Hedallah and friends, said that Muhammad Khouna and other 6 persons are considered as the main executors of the events, while other 8 persons are considered as partners.

Mauritania had officially accused Weld Hedallah of working to topple the regime by violence and armed conflict and planning for civil unrest. This came at the end of the recent Presidential elections, by the beginning of this month, in which he received the second position in the elections, according to the ministry of the interior in Mauritania.

At that time, the Attorney General, Muhammad al-Gheith Weld Omar, said that documents checked by the judiciary confirm these accusations addressed to the main candidate of the opposition and the team of his campaign.