Algiers, Aug 7, 2014 (SPS) - The government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) called on the United Nations (UN) and human rights organizations to demand from Morocco to lift the ban imposed on foreign delegations to visit the Saharawi occupied territories, said Thursday the SADR embassy in Algeria.
“The SADR government launched an urgent call to the UN and human rights organizations to demand from the Moroccan government to put an end to the repression and isolation policy and lift immediately and unconditionally the prohibition, imposed on foreign delegations, to visit the Sahrawi occupied territories,” said the embassy in a communiqué.
This call occurs after the Moroccan police prohibited President of the French Association of Friendship and Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa (AFASPA), Michelle Ducaster, to enter the occupied city of El Aaiun.
Globally known for defending just causes, Ducaster, “who came to enquire about the human rights situation in the Sahrawi occupied territories, was questioned at the El Aaiun airport by Moroccan authorities which wanted to force her to go back to Paris,” explained the source. (SPS)
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