RIYADH, 28 June — Three Saudi citizens being held in Morocco are not guilty of any terrorist activity, according to their confession to Saudi Ambassador in Rabat Dr. Abdul Aziz Khojah.
Dr. Khojah told Al-Riyadh daily that he had visited the three Saudis who are being detained on suspicion of belonging to the Al-Qaeda terrorist network.
The three accused were indeed part of the Afghan resistance, according to their confession.
They opened their hearts to the envoy and narrated their stories as to how they reached Morocco after ending their involvement in any political activity. The men, aged between 20 and 27, told the ambassador that they had denied any terrorist involvement.
Dr. Khojah said that none of the Saudis being held in Morocco was subjected to torture. The prisoners, who are being held in Ukasha jail in Casablanca, are in good health and there have been no reports of any human rights violations.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the three Saudis has threatened to withdraw from the case to protest what he called judicial irregularities and his clients’ alleged torture at the hands of Moroccan police, a report in the Moroccan press said yesterday.
"My presence as a lawyer is useless because giving any positive support to my clients has become impossible," Taoufiq Moussaif said in an interview published in Assahifa weekly.
"This case was fabricated in all ways, it was stitched up, in the American style," he said. The three Saudis were arrested in mid-May along with several Moroccans, and stand accused of plotting to attack targets in the north African country and NATO warships in the Mediterranean. Moussaif also accused Moroccan police of illegally detaining the three suspects and subjecting them to torture.
