El Aaiun(occupied territories) June, 23 2015 (SPS) -The Committee to Defend the Right of Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara (CODAPSO) released its annual report on the situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara during the period between May 2014 and April 2015. The report highlights the brutal violations that have suffered the Saharawi civilians in the occupied territories by the Moroccan forces of occupation in cities such as Laayoune, Smara, Al-Marsa, Boujdour and Dakhla.
The report of 51 pages is divided into several sections including; civil rights of Sahrawi citizens violated by Moroccan and the violation of national and international laws by the Moroccan occupation authorities, as well as the activities of the Committee to Defend the Right of Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara (CODAPSO).
In this context, the CODAPSO asked in its report that the expand of its mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include the protection of Saharawi civilians and monitoring the situation of human rights in the territory. "
Finally, the Committee appealed for an end to the phenomenon of political arrests and arbitrary detentions and for an immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners, human rights defenders and prisoners of conscience in Moroccan jails ". SPS
090/125/TRA