66. 来文方称，这批学生是撒哈拉人，支持西撒哈拉人民自决，他们自被捕之时起即被迫回答有关其政治活动的问题。由于政府选择不反驳这些指控，工作组回顾其此前在类似情况下的决定，10 得出结论认为这些事实成立。因此，逮捕和拘留这批学生似乎与他们表达政治意见有关，而表达政治意见这一行为受到《世界人权宣言》第十九条和《公约》第十九条的保护。工作组得出结论认为，逮捕和拘留这批学生具有任意性，属于第二类。
66. The source maintains that the members of the group of students are Saharans who support the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara and that, as soon as they were arrested, they had to answer questions about their political activism. Recalling its previous decisions involving similar situations,10 the Working Group concludes that these are established facts, since the Government has chosen not to contest the allegations. Consequently, the arrest and detention of the group of students appear to be linked to the expression of a political opinion, an act that is protected by article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 19 of the Covenant. The Working Group therefore concludes that the arrest and detention of the group of students are arbitrary under category II.