El Aiun (Occupied Territories) April 16, 2015 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces repressed Tuesday a peaceful protest organized by unemployed Saharawis in the occupied city of El Aaiun, in parallel with the visit of a delegation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the occupied territory of Western Sahara.
The Moroccan police forces in civilian and official clothes intervened against them causing the injuring of Ms. Mahjuba Rwaihi.
The demonstrators denounced Morocco’s violation of their right to peaceful assembly, calling on the international community to put pressure on the Moroccan Kingdom in order to respect human rights of the Saharawi people, including the right to employment and human dignity.
They also voiced solidarity with the victims of the Moroccan brutal intervention against the Saharawi demonstrators in the occupied city of El Aaiun. (SPS)
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