The overthrown president of Mauritania fled to the Qatar

The overthrown President of Mauritania Maauya Ulda Sid Ahmed Taiy found refuge in Qatar. According to the Al-Bayan newspaper published in the UAE, the ex-president flew from the capital of Gambia Banzhul on the eve of the capital and arrived in the Qatari capital of Dokhu on the same day.

The Gambia authorities asked Tayi to leave the country because of fears to put the future of their relations with the new regime in Mauritania, RIA Novosti reports.

A number of Mauritan parties and international human rights organizations intend to hold a trial of Tyi on charges of violating human rights, torturing prisoners during his reign, which lasted 21 years. The Islamic Parties of Mauritania demanded the arrest of the ex-president.

Tayya was overthrown as a result of a military coup > on August 3