Occupied Aaiun, Dec 15, 2021 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces intervened to prevent a group of Sahrawis from exercising their right to demonstrate and celebrate International Human Rights Day, perpetuating crimes against humanity as well as the military siege and the media blackout imposed on the cities of occupied Western Sahara.
The Sahrawi activist and political prisoner, Mahfouda Bamba Lafkir, said in a testimony that she and a group of Sahrawi demonstrators have been violently beaten and prevented from organizing a peaceful demonstration commemorating the International Human Rights Day and calling for respect for human rights in the occupied towns and the lifting of the house arrest imposed on activist Sultana Khaya in the occupied town of Boujdour.
She also underlined that the Moroccan occupier's police used force against her and Sahrawi women at the location where the rally was to be held and against Sahrawi demonstrators inside the enclosure of a mosque.SPS
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