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Saharawi rights associations meet with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Rabat, May 29, 2014 (SPS) - Representatives of the committee of families of Gdeim Izik detainees and the association for the protection of Saharawi prisoners in Moroccan prisons met Wednesday with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, in Rabat.


Attended by the Saharawi activists Al-Mashdufi Mustafa and Abdelrahman Zayu, the meeting focused on the condition of health of Gdeim Izik detainees and the policy of procrastination pursued by the Moroccan state against them.


The Saharawi activists demanded speedy intervention of Mrs. Pillay to put an end to their suffering and ensure that their basic legitimate rights, first of which annulling the military sentences, be ensured. (SPS)


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