Midrand, January 22, 2017 (SPS) - The Bureau of the Pan-African Parliament, meeting on 20 January 2017 in Midrand, South Africa, has strongly condemned the "inhuman and degrading treatment" to the the Honorable, Ms. Suilma Haj Enhamed Saleh, Vice-President of the Pan-African Parliament, who was set to attend COP 22 held in Marrakech in November 2016.
After the inhuman and degrading treatment of the Honorable Vice-President Suhamma Enhamed Haj Saleh from the Pan-African Parliament between 6 and 8 November 2016, the Moroccan authorities refused to allow him to enter the territory. COP 22, "the PAP bureau firmly condemns this practice that affects the human right of an African, in this case the vice president of one of the organs of the African Union, indicates the communiqué signed by the President of the PAP, Honorable Roger Nkodo Dang.SPS
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