Elghalia Djimi (Arabic: الغالية ادجيمي; born 28 May 1961) is the vice president of the organization Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State.
Djimi herself was also subject to a forceful disappearance in 1981,[1] and again between 1987 and 1991,[5] after participating in a protest against Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
This time, she was abducted together with the famous human rights defender Aminatou Haidar.
[1] During these three years and seven months[2][6] in prison she was exposed to different forms of torture,[4][5][7] and she still has traces of dog bites in her face, and no hair on her head because her scalp was burned with acid.
[4] In 1994, Djimi started to meet with other Saharawis who had been imprisoned, but her coordination efforts were stopped the same year by the Moroccan authorities.