Dear Honorable Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz,

We, the undersigned, humbly appeal to your mercy, compassion, and influence in requesting the immediate release of Mr. Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed M’khaitir and to halt the newest appeal of Mauritanian prosecutors for the death penalty to be issued again, despite his declaration of repentance in 2014, and paying due attention to the fact that his imprisonment contradicts Mauritania’s most basic human rights obligations but above all, Islamic values.

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