Rabat ( Morocc), Feb 08, 2012 (SPS)- The lawyers of 24 Saharawi political prisoners, known as Gdeim Izik group, called Friday in Rabat for releasing their defendants, or "at least" grant them provisional release, noting that the military court "had no jurisdiction" to try them.
In their preliminary requests, in the second hearing opened last Friday, the lawyers of the Saharawi activists stressed that their trial at a military court was contrary to Moroccan Constitution, which forbids formation of military courts, especially in Article 126.
They also rejected a nine-witness list presented at the last minute by the public prosecutor, they said, adding that the law stipulates that they must be summoned five days before the hearing. (SPS)
090/700