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University of Cartagena in region of Murcia hosts sensitization days on Sahrawi issue

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Murcia (Spain) May 21, 2014 (SPS) - The University of Cartagena in the region of Murcia will host  May 6-8, Sensitization and cultural days on the Sahrawi issue in order to shed light on aspects of the struggle of the Saharawi people.  
 
 The initiative was announced after a meeting Wednesday between the Polisario Front representative in the region of Murcia and Mr. Francisco Martinez, Vice President of the University of Cartagena and in charge of students’ affairs.  
 
 The solidarity days coincide with the 41st anniversary of the Polisario Front and will be marked by lectures, poems and round tables. 
 
It will shed light on human rights violations committed by Morocco in the Western Sahara through the participation of and human rights activists from the occupied territories, and erection of Sahrawi traditional tent in the university campus with a photography exhibition. 
 
A delegation from the Ministry of Culture led by Minister Khadija Hamdi will attend the solidarity days in the University of Cartagena, it should be recalled.  (SPS)
 
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