Geneva (Switzerland), 24 June 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations and international organizations in Geneva, Ubbi Bushraya Bashir, emphasized that presenting an annual report on the human rights situation in the occupied Western Sahara for the first time within the UN Human Rights Council is the beginning of a process that is being worked on to become an annual tradition in order to ensure the documentation of the serious violations committed by the Moroccan occupation and to present them to the world through the Council.
The Sahrawi official clarified in a press statement on the sidelines of the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council that "the preparation and presentation of the report in Geneva will contribute accurate evidence and data to document the violations, and thus inform the members of the Council, Europeans and the world of the situation, and push the international community to assume responsibility regarding the violation of the original right, namely the right to self-determination, freedom and independence."
The Polisario representative said that the report was prepared by specialized and reliable international organizations and international experts, and it "reviews all forms of human rights violations in the occupied territories committed by the Moroccan occupying state, including violations of right to expression, demonstration, arbitrary detention, economic intimidation, administrative intimidation, moral and psychological intimidation, and the illegal exploitation of Sahrawi natural resources."
It is worth noting that the Swiss city of Geneva is hosting several solidarity activities with the cause of Western Sahara, coinciding with the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council.