Rabat, March 21 -- Sahrawi activist and former Polisario officer Mustafa Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud has defended a young Polisario member who fled the Tindouf camps in Algeria and returned to Morocco.

In a Facebook post, Mustafa Salma said that Salamo Al Mustafa Salma is not a "criminal."

The former officer quoted an official statement from Polisario accusing Al Mustafa of treason.

Polisario's laws prohibit Sahrawis living in the camps from returning to Morocco, calling it treason and punishable by more than 10 years in prison, according to Mustafa Salma.

In a previous opinion published by Morocco World News, Mustafa Salma called on the international community to help Sahrawis seeking to return to their homeland by "putting pressure on t...