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Screening of new documentary on Western Sahara in Belgium

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Brussels, July 11, 2015 (SPS) The Belgian Committee of Support to the Saharawi people, in partnership with Mundo B and Mundo J, screened a new documentary by Brazilian director Iara Lee titled" Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara ".

 

In the presence of a new audience composed mainly of advocates of human rights and environment thanks to the collaboration of its partners in the event, the Committee could present the desires, hopes and aspirations of the Saharawi people living between exile and occupation for more 40 years.

 

Indeed, the film focuses on the different forms of peaceful mobilization of Sahrawis, either in the refugee camps, the occupied territories and the diaspora.

 

 The public had the opportunity to see the initiatives carried out, mainly by the youth, to make known to the world the legitimate right of the people to self-determination.

 

The representative of the Polisario Front, Jamal Zakari, had the opportunity to enlighten the public about the current situation and, insisting that the UN should set a date for the establishment of self-determination referendum, which should have already taken place in 1992.

 

New dates for other screenings are scheduled throughout Belgium for this magnificent film, a tribute to the peaceful resistance of the Saharawi people. (SPS)

 

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