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Moroccan authorities arrest Saharawi athletic Salah Amidan at Marrakech airport

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  Marrakech (Morocco) June14, 2012(SPS) the Moroccan authorities, Wednesday have arrested, the Saharawi runner, Salah Din Amidan with his brothers, Abba Shikh and Mostapha, in addition to Norwegian citizen, at the airport of Marrakech, according to Saharawi judicial sources.

The sources added that the Moroccan authorities are arresting Salah and his brothers and the Norwegian citizen at Marrakech airport after their arrival from Paris in their way to the occupied territories of Western Sahara to visit Amidan’s family.

It should be recalled that Salah Amidan and his brothers have the  political asylum in France because of their political opinions and activities in favor of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination and independence.(SPS)

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