Geneva, June 19, 2015 (SPS) – The Sahrawi delegation participating in the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 15 to 03 July, continue to expose the serious violations committed by the Moroccan State against Sahrawi defenders of human rights and civilians in the occupied parts of Western Sahara.
The Sahrawi delegation intervened in the workshop which was organized under the theme " The human rights defender women in the Middle East and North Africa," in which it referred to "the exclusion of Western Sahara by some reports on the region referred to", drawing the attention of the participants to the United Nations responsibility for the grave violations committed by the Moroccan State against the Saharawi citizens, especially defenders of human rights and women. (SPS)
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