Bir Lahlu (SADR), August 04, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali on Friday called on the Pan-African Parliament to take the necessary measures to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of Sahrawi political prisoners from the Gdeim Izik Group and all Sahrawi political prisoners unlawfully detained in Moroccan prisons.
In a letter to the President of the Pan-African Parliament, SE. Roger Nkodo Dang, the Saharawi president informed him of the latest progress on the Saharawi cause.
The POLISARIO´s SG also stated that the "unjust convictions against the group of Saharawi political prisoners are another demonstration of Morocco's intentions to continue its policy of human rights abuses without the presence of witnesses, which highlights the urgent need to establish a human rights mechanism in Western Sahara to monitor the human rights situation in the Territory. "
It has become evident therefore that Moroccan authorities do not respect international humanitarian law and persist in their gross violations of human rights in Western Sahara. The African Union should therefore press Morocco on the need to respect its obligations under the AU Constitutive Act and other relevant decisions of the policy organs of the Union in relation to its occupation of parts of the territory of the SADR, Gali added
The Saharawi president addressed similar missives to the UN Secretary-General, the President of the Security Council, the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. SPS
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