Aiun (occupied territories) May 30, 2013 (SPS) - The so called Magistrate of the Moroccan Court of Appeal in occupied city of Aiun has put, today Thursday, four young Sahrawis (Sidi Mohamed Mellah, Mohammed Salouh, Mahmoud Hannon, Ajouad Farrah) at the local prison in the city under investigation, due to their participation in peaceful demonstrations demanding self-determination of the Saharawi people, as reported by the Ministry of the occupied territories and Diaspora.
The source added that these young Saharawis were arrested in an arbitrary manner on Monday and Tuesday, after Moroccan police launched raids against Sahrawi homes to arrest a group of young men due of their participation in peaceful demonstrations demanding the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.
It should be recalled that these demonstrations had been characterized by demonstrators exposure of severe repression by the Moroccan authorities and confrontations with stones in some parts of the city between the demonstrators and the Moroccan police and auxiliary forces.(SPS)
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