Accra(Ghana)Feb28,2013(SPS) “The Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) condemns the harsh and arbitrarily sentences imposed on 24 Saharawi activists by a Moroccan military court in the strongest possible terms” said this Forum in a statement issued on February26 ,reached SPS.
“In our view the sentences were unjust and fly in the face of any commitment to respect for fundamental human and democratic rights of the Saharawi people.”
The SFG demanded “the immediate and unconditional release of the Saharawi activists” calling on “the United Nations to mandate MINURSO to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied territories.”
The SFG “firmly believes that the Saharawi people have a right to self-determination and the UN and the international community ought to speed up the processes for a referendum on the Western Sahara question.”
The Socialist Forum of Ghana finally affirmed their “solidarity with the Saharawi people struggling for their national independence.”(SPS)
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