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Protesters in Seville call on Morocco to release Saharawi political prisoners

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Seville (Spain), July 11, 2014 (SPS) - A peace demonstration was recently held in the city of Seville (Spain), under the slogan "Andalusia asks Morocco to release Saharawi political prisoners and ensure freedom and independence for the Western Sahara".

 

"Thousands of protesters" answered the call to a demonstration initiated by organizations of human rights in the region of Seville. Protesters gathered in the Incarnacion square in the downtown, wearing the emblem of the Polisario Front and chanted slogans against Morocco and for freedom and peace in Western Sahara".

 

Policemen, presidents of associations and organizations of human rights and the Polisario Front representative in Andalusia participated in the demonstration.

 

On this occasion, the representative of the Polisario Front, Abidine Bachraia asked the Spanish government to "honour its commitment to the principle of decolonization in Western Sahara," stressing that the solution is "the exercise by the Saharawi people of its right to self-determination." (SPS)

 

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