[2] In 1992, he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment, for participating in the September 24 peaceful political demonstration to demand self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, in his hometown of Assa.
[2] He had been a member of the Sahrawi branch of the human rights organization Forum for Truth and Justice until its illegalization and dissolution by the Moroccan authorities.
He is currently a member of the Casablanca-based Forum for Truth and Justice section, that remains a legally registered association.
[3] Elmoutaoikil was arrested again on 20 July 2005 at his house in Casablanca along with another CODESA activist, Mohamed Fadel Gaoudi.
They were questioned about the ongoing events in Western Sahara, and then transferred to another police station in El Aaiún.