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More than 40 injured in demonstration in occupied El Aaiun

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El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), January 12, 2014 (SPS) -  More than 40 were injured Saturday when Moroccan forces violently dispersed a peaceful demonstration , according to the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.

 

"Moroccan forces of occupation suppressed on Saturday a peaceful demonstration, organized by the coordination of Sahrawi opposing to Moroccan citizenship, in which various Sahrawi civil forces in occupied El Aaiun participated and resulted in more than 40 injuries among Sahrawi demonstrators," the source said.

 

The Moroccan forces also raided houses belonging to Sahrawi citizens, the same source added.

 

The coordination  includes many Sahrawi who demand their natural right to Sahrawi citizenship, operating through organizing demonstrations and sit-ins in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and southern Morocco. (SPS)

 

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