75. 此外，工作组注意到这批学生与西撒哈拉政治局势之间的联系。来文方明确指出，所有这批学生均为撒哈拉活动者，并申明他们与西撒哈拉独立政治运动有关联。工作组还注意到，来文方指称，执法当局的审讯涉及他们的政治活动和他们与波利萨里奥阵线的联系。政府没有反驳这些指控。工作组回顾其此前的观点，即如果剥夺自由的目的在于惩罚政治团体成员，以禁止他们为呼吁自决发声，则具有任意性。13
75. The Working Group notes the links between the group of students and the political situation in Western Sahara. The source states that all the members of the group are Saharan activists and affirm their links with the political movement for the independence of Western Sahara. The Working Group also notes the source’s allegation that the questioning conducted by law enforcement officers was focused on the group members’ political activism and links with the Frente POLISARIO. These allegations have not been contested by the Government. The Working Group recalls that it has previously considered deprivation of liberty to be arbitrary in cases where it was used to repress members of political groups in order to silence their calls for self-determination.13